Recovering an entire Domino server

If you are faced with a system disaster, such as a site loss or the failure of an unprotected disk unit, you must recover your entire system from a backup.

Because the IBM® i operating system is highly integrated, you must restore objects in the correct sequence to rebuild the proper links between objects. Consult other parts of this topic for complete instructions for performing a full-system recovery.

If you are faced with a problem that requires restoring only your Domino® server, you can use the Restore Object (RST) command to restore your Domino directories from save media.

Example:

Start a IBM i session with a user profile that has *JOBCTL and *SAVSYS special authorities.
To ensure that no one is using the system that you plan to restore, end the Domino server. Use the End Domino Server (ENDDOMSVR) command.
Mount the media volume that has the most recent backup copy of the directories for the Domino server.
Type the appropriate restore (RST) command for your Domino directory.
For example, if your Domino directory is /NOTES/DATA, type the following command:
```
RST DEV('/QSYS.LIB/media-device-name.DEVD')
    OBJ('/NOTES/DATA/*')
```

Note: Consult your Domino documentation for any special recovery activities that you might need to perform after you have restored the directories.