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luisvidal
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11 years ago
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Help: Lotus Notes PIT Restore not working

Master/Media Server: SLES 11 sp2 running NBU 7.6.0.4

Client: SLES 11 sp2 running Domino 8.5.3, NBU client 7.6.0.4

First question: why do the Transaction Logs (as you look at them on the BAR GUI) have a series of characters after the .TXN extension.

Second question: I am follwoing HOWTO87244 steps, but NBU is restoring only the .NSF database, and not applying the logs. Am I missing something?

 

Thanks in Advance

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  • luisvidal's avatar
    luisvidal
    11 years ago

    Well, issue was resolved. The Domino software was missing a patch. Got a lot of help from this article:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH181783

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    Marianne
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    I don't see HOWTO87244 as a step-by-step procedure - there are a lot of 'OR' statements and choices that need to be applied depending on your requirements and environment.

    About Q1:

    Probably a timestamp as per this extract from the HOWTO doc?

    The transaction log extents should have a timestamp later than the timestamp of the backup image from which the databases are restored.

    If this is not the case, show us what you see....

    Q2: 

    You never told us which option you chose?

    Extract from point13 in the HOWTO:

    Use the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface to restore the Lotus Notes databases or mailboxes from the Lotus Notes backup image, as follows: 

    • If transaction logging is enabled, select the point-in-time to which you want to recover the databases.
    • If point-in-time is not selected, the database rolls forward to the most recent available version.

     

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    luisvidal
    Level 5
    11 years ago

    Hi Marianne, thank you for the prompt reply. Sorry, I guess I needed to expand more.

    The TLOGS look like these:

    S0110933.TXN~36d56ad2b38526a7-d9488a370000031d

    S0110934.TXN~36d56ad2b38526a7-d9488a370000031d

     

    Also, I am using PIT. I am picking the time of the last backup date for the Transaction Logs I show as archived in NBU.

     

    Thanks.

     

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    You will need the restore progress log, the master server's bprd log and the client's tar log to see which images were used for restore.

  • luisvidal's avatar
    luisvidal
    Level 5
    11 years ago

    Well, issue was resolved. The Domino software was missing a patch. Got a lot of help from this article:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH181783