Re: Domino backup question
Doug via Domino400 <[email protected]> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:41:44 -0500
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Rob, Unfortunately, we do not have BRMS, so I can't use that setup. I was thinking either to save the entire /notes folder either to a SAVF then back that up to tape, or a Virtual Tape Catalog. Not sure which is better/faster nor which would be easier to restore from. Any ideas? Douglas Englander Senior Programmer/Analyst The C. D. Hartnett Company ? Corporate Offices 1-817-594-3813 ext. 1636 From: "Rob Berendt" <[email protected]> To: "Lotus Domino on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" <[email protected]> Date: 04/28/2025 06:49 AM Subject: Re: Domino backup question Sent by: "Domino400" <domino400-bounces-+hD5IHI5Xscn3HwCXmMcX9BPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> Let me take one of our larger Domino systems. % of Size in Description Disk 1,000,000 bytes User libraries 6.83 176063.86 User directories 61.35 1580991.14 Folders and documents .00 .11 QSYS .30 7770.80 Other IBM libraries 1.18 30461.20 Licensed Internal Code .10 2504.62 Temporary space 1.13 29183.20 Unused space 28.78 741667.68 System internal objects .02 537.53 Objects not in a library .00 .02 QTEMP libraries .00 20.73 TOTAL 99.69 2569200.89 Most of the disk is in IFS. Almost all of that is Domino. 1.58TB According to DSPLOGBRM, and just the IFS part of it: 3/08/25 9:07:57 Starting save of list *LINK to devices *MEDDFN. 3/08/25 9:33:28 419065 objects saved. 3/08/25 9:34:07 Save of list *LINK complete. So, 1.58TB in 26 minutes isn't bad Power 10. All disk is SAN based NVMe on an IBM FS7300. Hosted via vios. Tape is a DD6900 VTL. And, with BRMS I can tell it to save to 4 tape drives (which are all virtual BTW) in that VTL simultaneously. Hence the messages like 3/08/25 9:33:28 1459783 blocks processed for sequence 77, volume I70346, 3/08/25 9:33:28 1465796 blocks processed for sequence 35, volume I70347, 3/08/25 9:33:28 1496610 blocks processed for sequence 45, volume I70348, 3/08/25 9:33:28 1499020 blocks processed for sequence 23, volume I70349, 3/08/25 9:33:28 Media file 1 of 4 information. 3/08/25 9:33:28 Media file 2 of 4 information. 3/08/25 9:33:28 Media file 3 of 4 information. 3/08/25 9:33:28 Media file 4 of 4 information. So basically it flipping screams. And, since I'm using BRMS, I can easily do a WRKLNKBRM DIR('/QUALITY/NOTES/DATA') pick what date/time I want to restore and it loads up the tape and restores it. I have done bare metal restores from these backups doing system migrations. 100% confident. Oh, and I also have flash copies of that system automatically performed twice a day I can restore to a dummy lpar and piece through that in case of attack. WRKDOMSVR Domino Server Subsystem Path GDSSALES GDSSALES /GDSSALES/NOTES/DATA NOTES01 NOTES01 /notes01/notes/data LDAP01 LDAP01 /Domino/LDAP01/DATA GDDATA GDDATA /GDDATA/NOTES/DATA QUALITY QUALITY /QUALITY/NOTES/DATA AUT01 DOMINO01 /AUT01/NOTES/DATA On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 5:50?AM Doug via Domino400 < [email protected]> wrote: > About 450GB now. But I am not sure of its growth rate. > > > Douglas Englander > Senior Programmer/Analyst > The C. D. Hartnett Company ? Corporate Offices > 1-817-594-3813 ext. 1636 > > > > From: "robertowenberendt" <[email protected]> > To: "Lotus Domino on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" > <[email protected]> > Date: 04/24/2025 06:01 PM > Subject: RE: Domino backup question > Sent by: "Domino400" <domino400-bounces-+hD5IHI5Xscn3HwCXmMcX9BPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> > > > > What is the size of that directory? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy > smartphone > -------- Original message --------From: Doug via Domino400 > <[email protected]> Date: 4/24/25 6:24 PM (GMT-05:00) To: > [email protected] Cc: DEnglander-Nx8w8t/[email protected] Subject: > Domino backup question What is the fastest way to perform a Backup on > Domino? Currently we backup the IFS Folder /NOTES, and this takes quite > awhile [2+ hours].Does anyone know the fastest way to back this up? My > objective is to have Domino [i.e. Email] down for the shortest time during > the backup. Is there a way to perform a Domino backup while the Domino > server is still running?Is this the only thing that should be backed up on > a Daily basis?Are there any URLs that could help me to make sure I am > getting a complete backup [one that has all of the objects needed to run > our email on another IBM i server]?Thank you,Doug"CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > This e-mail transmission (and/or the attachments accompanying it) contain > confidential information belonging to the sender. The information is > intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of > the information is strictly prohibited. Any unauthorized interception of > this transmission is illegal under the law. 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