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To ensure consistent backups in Lotus Domino<\/em>, the backup must be performed keeping in mind that Lotus Domino is not a VSS-aware<\/strong> application.<\/p>\n Most backup software rely on VSS technique to capture snapshots but unfortunately Lotus Domino<\/em> does not provide a mechanism to capture consistent snapshots<\/strong> of databases while on line.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When the software tries to perform the Lotus Domino<\/em> backup job, you finish the job with warning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This result doesn\u2019t guarantee you are able to\u00a0properly\u00a0<\/strong>restore the nfs databases<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To perform a correct backup you need to stop and start Lotus Domino accordingly<\/strong>. To achieve that you need to create two scripts VMware Tools will use during quescing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Of course VMware Tools must be installed<\/strong> in the guest OS for this feature to work correctly.<\/p>\n pre-freeze-script.bat<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n post-thaw-script.bat<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Looking at the table identify the default directory location<\/strong> for custom scripts used by your ESXi version under Windows environment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n With ESXi 5.0\/5.1 versions, the default directory is located in:<\/p>\n C:\\>Windows<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Then copy the two files<\/strong> under C:\\>Windows folder.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If the OS is Linux, the two scripts must be saved in \/usr\/sbin<\/em> directory giving the correct executable permissions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \/usr\/sbin\/pre-freeze-script.sh # chmod 755\u00a0\/usr\/sbin\/pre-freeze-script.sh<\/span> Running the backup, the two scripts stop and start Lotus Domino<\/em> allowing to capture consistent snapshot to process the backup correctly. At the end of the procedure, the error disappear and the backup job completed<\/strong> successfully.<\/p>\n The main disadvantage of this solution is the temporary service interruption<\/strong>\u00a0for the period of time\u00a0necessary to capture the snapshot but because backups are normally performed during off-working hours a\u00a0momentarily offline can be accepted.<\/p>\n After more than ten years since VSS appearance, sounds strange that some applications are still not VSS-aware<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To ensure consistent backups in Lotus Domino, the backup must be performed keeping in mind that Lotus Domino is not a VSS-aware application. Most backup software rely on VSS technique to capture snapshots but unfortunately Lotus Domino does not provide a mechanism to capture consistent snapshots of databases while on line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[539,534],"tags":[579,697,695,600,601],"class_list":["post-7544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lotus-domino-en","category-messaging-en","tag-backup-en","tag-consistent","tag-database-en","tag-domino-en","tag-lotus-en","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"backupdomino02\"](\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/backupdomino02.jpg\" "\\"backupdomino02\\"")
<\/p>\nProcedure<\/h2>\n
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@echo off\r\nNet Time \\\\%computername% >> C:\\scripts\\logs\\freeze.log\r\nrem *********************\r\nrem Stops Domino daemon\r\nrem *********************\r\nnet stop \"Lotus Domino Server (DIBMLotusDominodata)\"<\/pre>\n
@echo off\r\nrem *********************\r\nrem Start Domino daemon\r\nrem *********************\r\nnet start \"Lotus Domino Server (DIBMLotusDominodata)\"<\/pre>\n
Windows OS<\/h4>\n
![\"backupdomino03\"](\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/backupdomino03.jpg\" "\\"backupdomino03\\"")
<\/p>\n![\"backupdomino04\"](\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/backupdomino04.jpg\" "\\"backupdomino04\\"")
<\/p>\nLinux OS<\/h4>\n
\n\/usr\/sbin\/post-thaw-script.sh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n# chmod 755\u00a0\/usr\/sbin\/post-thaw-script.sh<\/span><\/p>\n![\"backupdomino05\"](\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/backupdomino05.jpg\" "\\"backupdomino05\\"")
<\/p>\n![\"firma\"](\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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