Re: [Bacula-users] Anyone knows about backing up Notes Domino databases (*.nsf) with bacula?

[Jo <ml...@wi...>]

Gregory Brauer schreef:
> Jo wrote:
>> Christoff Buch schreef:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> what I need to know is:
>>>
>>> Can they be backed up with bacula while opened?
>> What we do is to stop the Notes service at 1am. Then zip all the nsf 
>> files and then restart the Notes service. Then Bacula comes by and 
>> backs up the zipped files, while skipping the active nsf files.
>
> Another, potentially faster, strategy is to use rsync to duplicate the
> files to another location while Notes is stopped and then back up
> from the duplicated area (meaning you are free to restart Notes).
> rsync only copies changed data, so the time period that Notes is stopped
> should be fairly short.  Note, however, that this will double your disk
> usage.
>
> Greg
That seems like a good way to go about it. We don't do it that way 
because we tend to be asleep around 1 am. The other option is a replica 
of the Notes server that can be switched off (and used as a stand in), 
but that would double the license cost, of course

Jo