Geoff I believe that the purpose of the incremental schedule for Domino backups is to 'catch' any new db's (.nsf files) that have been created since the last Full backup or to backup any db's whose DBIID has changed. Certain Domino functions cause the DBIID to change and the outcome of these functions warrant a backup of that particular db. Compaction or compression is such a function.
Therefore I would say that a node doing an incremental to a new server with no previous backups, would treat all the db's as new and a Full backup would occur. Would it be possible to export the node from the current server to the new server on the day of the migration. Obviously if the occupancy is considerably large, it may not be achievable in a day. It might be possible to export only the active data. Thus giving the new server a copy of all the db's and negating the need for a full, but also minimising the amount of data on the new server. I must admit to never having tried the export node allactive with a domino filespace before, but I have no reason to believe that it would not operate any differently. Leigh -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: 02 May 2006 05:16 To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Domino Backups I was wondering if someone could answer this that has knowledge having done something similar. The scenario is a Domino server does a full backup of all DB's on Sunday. Sometime during the week the node will be migrated to now back up to a new TSM server. The next schedule is actually an Incremental. Will it really be doing a FULL since it has never backed up to this server or will it really do a small incremental? I'm trying to avoid a manual full if it doesn't need it. We do want a full for all DB's so we don't have a full on one system and incrementals on another. Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
