Recovering a Domino server

The Domino® product resides in libraries in the QSYS.LIB file system on your system. All of your Domino databases reside in the integrated file system in a directory path that you specify when you configure your system.

Your backup strategy for your Domino server should include saving both the libraries (infrequently) and the database directories (frequently).

You might need to recover Domino for a variety of reasons, for example:

Damage to your system, such as fire or flooding
Hardware problems, such as a disk failure
User or operator error, such as deleting a database or running a month-end procedure twice.

Sometimes, you must recover your entire system. Other times, you must restore a specific directory.