Re: Full system restore - length of save interval concerns.

Then you can selectively restore some of those from the old tape
(notes.ini, server ID) and log.nsf would be moot - it can just be created
fresh when the server starts.

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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:36 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Perhaps. But aren't there databases that really aren't replicated that
should come from the tape? For example the notes.ini. Aren't there also
some regular .nsf's that shouldn't be replicated? For example, log.nsf.

I am not dismissing your idea out of hand. I just want to be careful.


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From: Chris Whisonant <chris.whisonant@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Lotus Domino on the iSeries / AS400" <domino400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 10/29/2012 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Full system restore - length of save interval
concerns.
Sent by: domino400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



The problem with this scenario is that you shouldn't be restoring from the
full save on 9/8. You should restore the OS and program data, but you
should then just use your latest nightly backup from the clustermate for
the restore.

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Chris
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:09 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ok, picture this. You save a Domino LPAR once a quarter. In the

interim

you rely upon saving the Domino data from clustered servers.

Now picture this. You saved on 9/8/2012. Your system dies a gristly
death on 12/1/2012 and needs a full restore. So you restore from the
9/8/2012 tape and let clustering catch up.

Now you get a call from someone who deleted 1,000 emails on 9/13. He
wants to know why they are all back. They're back because replication
history is only kept for x number of days. You try to explain this to

him

until you realize it was a rhetorical question and he just wants them
gone.

Do I change the "x number of days"? If so, how?
If I can't is my only option to increase the frequency of saves?


Rob Berendt
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IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
Group Dekko
Dept 1600
Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
Garrett, IN 46738
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