Backing up a DAOS enabled Domino System with NVBU - General Information
The Plug-in for Domino offers the following backup types:
Full Backup – This type backs up the full contents of the selected items. Full Backups usually take longer to complete and consume more backup media. A Full Backup serves as the base for future Incremental Backups. A Full Backup of the DAOS repository includes all the existing attachments in the repository.
Incremental Backup – This type backs up the new and changed data written to the Transaction Logs. To use this method, Transaction Logging must be enabled on the Lotus Domino Server. (For more information, see Setting Up Transaction Logging on the Lotus Domino Server.) For a non-logged database, the Incremental Backup backs up the full contents of the database. When a backup job includes both logged and non-logged databases, the saveset will contain the Transaction Logs for the logged databases and the full contents of the non-logged database.
Incremental backups usually consume less storage space and are quicker to perform. The Incremental Backup method can only be selected for the server database, user-mailbox items, and the DAOS repository. An Incremental Backup of the DAOS repository only backs up Lotus DAOS files that have been newly added since the last Full or Incremental Backup.
Lotus DAOS Directory – Available with Lotus Domino 8.5, Domino
Attachment and Object Service (DAOS) consolidates storage of
attachments in a separate DAOS repository, and reduces disk space
usage by allowing single-instance storage for attachments present in
multiple mails.
- For Lotus Domino Servers on which DAOS is enabled, enter the path to
the DAOS repository on the server.
Important: In a standard database, only the .nsf file needs to be backed up
because the attachments are stored inside this file. With DAOS enabled, the .nsf
file only contains a reference to the attachment. In this environment, you must also
back up the .nlo file
