There is no special setup to recover online or online incremental Lotus® server backups. If the backup was an online incremental save, BRMS automatically recovers the full online backup and any subsequent online incremental backups, plus any unsaved transactions. This allows you to recover a database past the point in time of the last incremental save.
For example: If you delete a database file my.nsf and then request it to be restored, BRMS will restore the full online backup, any saved transactions, and since the current transactions are on the system, these will also be used to bring the database back to the most current level.
If you need to recover a version of a database file earlier than the latest version, specify the required date and time on the Lotus point in time: Ending Date/Ending Time prompt on the Recovery Policy or Restore Command Defaults panels.
When viewing full online backups of Lotus servers using the WRKMEDIBRM command, BRMS identifies these saves using the *LTSONL special value for the Save Type field. In additional, the Lotus server subsystem name is listed in the Saved Item field. The number of saved items for a full online backup of a Lotus server depends on the number of databases that are grouped with each save as determined by the current setting of SAVDOMBRM_FILES_IN_GROUP entry in the NOTES.INI file as discussed in Lotus Server Backup Performance Tuning. To recover an entire Lotus server, you would specify option 7 for each saved item entry having the same Lotus server subsystem name with similar save dates and times.
Work with Media Information RCHAS400
Position to Date . . . . .
Type options, press Enter.
2=Change 4=Remove 5=Display 6=Work with media 7=Restore
9=Work with saved objects ...
Saved Save Save Save Parallel Volume File Expire
Opt Item Date Time Type Devices Serial Sequence Date
LTSSRV01 1/27/05 20:59:22 *LTSONL 000EA6 27 3/02/05
LTSSRV01 1/27/05 21:01:23 *LTSONL 000EA6 29 3/02/05
LTSSRV01 1/27/05 21:03:39 *LTSONL 000EA6 31 3/02/05
LTSSRV01 1/27/05 21:05:24 *LTSONL 000EA6 33 3/02/05
LTSSRV01 1/27/05 21:15:19 *LTSONL 000EA6 35 3/02/05
7 LTSSRV02 1/27/05 21:31:36 *LTSONL 000EA6 37 3/02/05
7 LTSSRV02 1/27/05 21:35:42 *LTSONL 000EA6 39 3/02/05
LTSSRV03 1/27/05 21:40:46 *LTSONL 000EA6 41 3/02/05
LTSSRV03 1/27/05 21:45:55 *LTSONL 000EA6 43 3/02/05
LTSSRV03 1/27/05 22:05:24 *LTSONL 000EA6 45 3/02/05
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F3=Exit F5=Refresh F11=Object detail F12=Cancel
F23=More options
The *LTSINC special value for the Save Type field identifies incremental online saves of Lotus servers. This saved item includes the most recent full online backup and all subsequent online incremental backups for the server. Since this saved item includes the full online backup, you do not need to recover the full backup when selecting these saved items for recovery, BRMS automatically recovers the full online backup for you, as well as all online incremental backups.
Work with Media Information RCHAS400
Position to Date . . . . .
Type options, press Enter.
2=Change 4=Remove 5=Display 6=Work with media 7=Restore
9=Work with saved objects ...
Saved Save Save Save Parallel Volume File Expire
Opt Item Date Time Type Devices Serial Sequence Date
LTSSRV04 1/28/05 6:31:36 *LTSINC 000C11 24 3/03/05
LTSSRV04 1/28/05 6:31:38 *LTSINC 000C11 26 3/03/05
LTSSRV04 1/28/05 6:31:39 *LTSINC 000C11 28 3/03/05
LTSSRV05 1/28/05 6:31:40 *LTSINC 000C11 31 3/03/05
7 LTSSRV06 1/28/05 6:31:41 *LTSINC 000C11 33 3/03/05
7 LTSSRV06 1/28/05 6:31:46 *LTSINC 000C11 35 3/03/05
LTSSRV07 1/28/05 6:31:52 *LTSINC 000C11 37 3/03/05
LTSSRV08 1/28/05 6:31:54 *LTSINC 000C11 39 3/03/05
LTSSRV08 1/28/05 6:31:55 *LTSINC 000C11 41 3/03/05
LTSSRV09 1/28/05 6:31:59 *LTSINC 000C11 45 3/03/05
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F3=Exit F5=Refresh F11=Object detail F12=Cancel
F23=More options