Hi All,
i have a query regarding backup, i want to take timely backup of all domino server nsf,s. so how could i do this, please help me.
thanks and regards
zubair a khan
Subject: Agent for timely backup for all nsf
AFAIK there’s 3 ways:
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Using a backup software that is capable of backing up a file that is currently open in the server
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Using a secondary domino backup server where you replicata data
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Poor man’s manual backup, where you close the server nightly to create backups by scheduled OS scripts
Each way have their good and bad sides… 1 = usually more expensive; 2 = “bad data” is replicated too; 3 = requires shutting down domino;
Here’s my “Poor man’s” method (in SLES9). Works while there’s not huge loads of data but plenty free disk space. And also you need to have the option to keep the domino server down for a moment…
/etc/crontab:
00 6 * * * root /etc/init.d/domino stop
30 6 * * * root /etc/init.d/domino start
05 6 * * 0 root /path/to/local_backup sun
05 6 * * 1 root /path/to/local_backup mon
05 6 * * 2 root /path/to/local_backup tue
05 6 * * 3 root /path/to/local_backup wed
05 6 * * 4 root /path/to/local_backup thu
05 6 * * 5 root /path/to/local_backup fri
05 6 * * 6 root /path/to/local_backup sat
35 6 * * 0 root /path/to/remote_backup sun
35 6 * * 1 root /path/to/remote_backup mon
35 6 * * 2 root /path/to/remote_backup tue
35 6 * * 3 root /path/to/remote_backup wed
35 6 * * 4 root /path/to/remote_backup thu
35 6 * * 5 root /path/to/remote_backup fri
35 6 * * 6 root /path/to/remote_backup sat
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at 6am the server goes down
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while it’s down I create daily backups (I keep backup history for 7 days in daily subfolders) (in .gz format)
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domino goes back on at 6:30am which left me 30 minutes to create backups
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starting at 6:35 I’ll start copying backed up files to a remote server (in effect I have two sets of backups, one in the domino server and one set in another remote server)
local_backup script:
echo “BACKUP ($1) - Local file copy starting at $(date)…” >> /path/to/backup.log
echo “$(date) begin names.nsf” >> /path/to/backup.log
gzip -c /local/notesdata/names.nsf > /path/to/$1/names.nsf.gz
echo “$(date) end names.nsf” >> /path/to/backup.log
… next database(s) same way as above …
echo “BACKUP ($1) - Local file copy finished at $(date)…” >> /path/to/backup.log
remote_backup:
echo “BACKUP ($1) - Remote file copy starting at $(date)…” >> /path/to/backup.log
rsync -e ssh /path/to/$1/*.gz user_name@host_dest:/path/to/$1/
echo “BACKUP ($1) - Remote file copy finished at $(date)…” >> /path/to/backup.log
- your public ssh id needs to copied to the dest_host to allow moving files over ssh without prompting for username/password
So in short: server is taken down, required files are compressed to .gz format, server is put back on, compressed files are copied to another server over net.
Just an example. Prolly doesn’t suit to most admins…