We are doing exactly what you said, except that we have phased out log backups (too many issues with synchronizing between the daily/weekly/log backups and orphaned logs and not enough time in the day - there are Domino backups running all-the-time). Currently our Domino servers are Solaris, but we are transitioning everyone to GMail so hopefully in a year or two they will be gone.
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:52 PM, white jeff <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi > > I have been asked to implement a solution for backup of Lotus Domino > Servers using TSM. At this moment in time, i am unsure if they will be > running this is on Windows, Unix or Linux. > > I have done this previously and was intending to implement a similar > solution: Weekly full backups, daily incremental backups and frequent > transaction log backups, using domdsmc commands. > > However, a colleague suggested using Flashcopy Manager, something i am > unfamiliar with at the moment. Having looked at the documentation, i can > see that Flashcopy v3.1 for Windows can create VSS snapshot backups of > applications such as Lotus Domino Server. > > I attended a presentation in Germany in 2011 where Del Hoobler talked about > TSM for Mail and specifically, Lotus Domino Server, using the techniques i > had previously used. This was my preferred method. > > So, TSM for Mail or via Flashcopy. What are the benefits, if any, of using > Flashcopy? > > Thanks > -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services [email protected] - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
