In preparation for our upgrade to Domino 8.5.1, I’m creating a recovery plan in the event that we would have to restore our old environment.
I found a tech note on downgrading a server, which says: “This procedure should be followed as a “last resort”. Ideally, if you need to go back to a previous release you should restore your environment from your pre-upgrade save. However, if too much time has passed or the backup is not available, this procedure can be used.”
So restore is the option of choice. My question is: what do we restore? The data directory?
Sorry, but I don’t have much experience on the iSeries. Any help would be appreciated.
Subject: Found the answer
Discovered there’s a separate “Domino 6.5 for iSeries Help” that explains the directory structure and backup planning.
Subject: Items needed for restore
Rick,
I’m glad you found your answer. The first step would be to verify the old Domino version still exists on the system or to install it. From there you only need to restore 2 items. The first would be the data directory for the Domino server and the second would be the Lotus_Servers file. The Lotus_Servers file tracks all of the configured servers on your system as well as the data directory and product version. It is located in the /qibm/userdata/lotus directory.
If you are running any add-on products there is additional work required as the older version of these products would need to be installed. The older version of Sametime and Quickr could both be installed before or after the restore. LEI would have to be reinstalled after the restore completes.
Good Luck with your upgrade,
Amy