Lotus Domino Replica Backup?
Hi,
Lotus Domino 8.5 is installed on RedHat Linux. I knew from an the SCL and the Admin Guide that the Lotus agent doesn't support that scenario, and other members in this forum confirmed that and suggested that I do a flat-files backup after bringing down Lotus Domino offline, which is not a good thing to do.
This Lotus Domino server has a replica to another Windows server. But since IBM's best practices indicate not to rely on Lotus Domino replica as a method of database backup, is it possible to use the Lotus Domino agent to back up this Windows Lotus Domino replica to tapes using Backup Exec?
Thanks
Are you sure that IBM best practice recommends so? If you are referring to this from IBM:
"Never rely only on replication as your method of database backup. A damaged or accidentally changed database may replicate, and then your only recourse is to recover the database from a server backup tape."
Then, I think the interpretation of this is to not rely on 'just' replication. But backing up from replicas shall still hold good.
Pardon me if you are referring to some other recommendation from IBM, in which case, would you mind sharing it here.