On 7/17/07, Dax Solomon Umaming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Junix Gaspar wrote: > However, we now migrated to Linux and we are still in the process of > getting our license for Veritas NetBackup and all its necessary > installer for Linux and God know when I will have it. Are you really sure you need it?
It does not matter if we need it. Its a company policy later that will decide it. But I if I dont find another solution (openfile backup), I might really think that we need it.
The question is, what backup software are you guys using for Domino on > Linux. Its gotta be more than TAR. Something with Lotus Instance or > something that will backup "open files". I hope there is sweet open > source solution for this. BackupPC [1] I'm sure the binary and the docs are available in SUSE's repository. Here's one feature I love: * No client-side software is needed. The standard smb protocol is used to extract backup data on WinXX clients. On linux clients, tar over ssh/rsh/nfs is used to backup the data. With version 2.0.0, rsync is also supported on any client that has rsync or rysncd.[2]
You got it all wrong, I am referring to the "mailfile" as the mails residing in the server. My problem is when I backup using tar, there is a file-lock, either with mails locked to domino, or locked to tar. This can result in tar skipping the mails or worse, domino reporting to user that he cannot access the mailfile (as what they call it in Lotus) thus might put my IT unit in scrutiny to my RAO. And this can get political. What I need is a way to backup mails even if its open or being used. Just like Veritas Lotus/Domino Instance, it backup mails by connecting to the Domino service and using the Domino system to access the mails. Thus no mail lockup occurs. (This is done in the server)
As of the moment, I have a clustered mailserver. Both Linux. I just stop > the service on one server and do the backup using TAR. > But not all of our sites have clustered mail server so I hope others > have a better solution. I'm just not sure how it'll perform on clustered environment though.
I don't have the requirements to backup my clients as of the moment. I need to be able to backup on the same server because not all of our site have a spare server for clustered setting. I hope others would share, I know there is a lot of admins here who have Domino on Linux. Cheers, JGaspar
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