Specifications

This article refers to Barracuda Backup firmware 3.0 and higher.

The Barracuda Backup Agent does not support IBM Domino or IBM Notes , however, the Barracuda Backup Agent (Windows)

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protects IBM Domino databases on a Microsoft Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 platform using File System backup.

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Barracuda

Backup does not support IBM Domino transaction logging.

In this article:

IBM Domino Server Databases

IBM Domino Server Backup

Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service

Create a Pre- or Post Agent Backup Command

Batch File

Additional Resource

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An IBM Domino server is a collection of databases using a flat file structure. A review of the database files in an IBM Domino environment reveals

that each user has a unique database for email, and that they may share application databases. This can result in hundreds or even thousands of

smaller, unique database files in the IBM Notes /data directory. In comparison, an Exchange deployment has relatively few databases supporting

an entire organization.

IBM Domino Server Databases

IBM Domino databases are accessed using IBM Notes clients. Within the database file there can be data, design elements, and programming

code, and each database file has its own security in the form of an Access Control List (ACL). A IBM Domino database has a file extension of .nsf

IBM Domino Server Backup

A complete backup of an IBM Domino Server includes:

IBM Domino Server data files

All databases

Template files

Notes.ini file

ID files

Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service

Through the use of the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), the Barracuda Backup Service can consistently capture the open

database files. Using VSS, the Barracuda Backup Service can perform both full and incremental backups of the IBM Domino server. Because the

data may be made up of many small database files that can change daily, the incremental/differential backup can be very close to the master

database in size. Due to the manner in which IBM Domino writes the changes to the end of the files, a large amount of deduplication occurs on

these backups.

When using the VSS backup method, it is recommended that you execute the following two commands prior to the backup:

nserver -c "drop all"

nserver -c "dbcache flush"

Before you begin a backup, verify the following files are open and running on the IBM Domino Server:

Logs.nsf

names.nsf

mail.box

Server ID file