Domino database restore and activation

Restore

Restore is the first step of a two-stage recovery process. This function restores a single database or group of databases from IBM Storage Protect storage to the Domino server. You can restore the database to a different database file name or to a different Domino server. You can also restore a group of databases to a different directory and preserve existing file names. In addition, if you specify a point in time on the restore command, the most recent backup version before that time is restored. To restore a database without applying updates from the transaction log, the two steps can be combined into one step by specifying /activate=yes during the restore command.

Activation

Activation is the second step of the two stage recovery process. This function brings restored databases online for use by the Domino server. You can optionally apply transactions from the transaction log to update the database. Transactions can be applied up to a specific point in time or up through the most recent changes that are recorded in the transaction log. If archival logging is in effect, Data Protection for HCL Domino automatically restores archived transaction log files as needed.

The Domino server provides an alternative restore path feature used to specify the directory where transaction logs are restored. You can use this feature with the activatedbs command. See Domdsmc activatedbs for details about this procedure.

The query pendingdbs command retrieves a list of restored databases not yet activated. Databases awaiting activation are assigned a temporary file name to avoid recognition as database files on the Domino Server.