Activating a database

Information about how to use the Data Protection for IBM® Domino® GUI to activate Domino databases is presented.

Before you begin

You must restore the database before you activate it.

About this task

The second and final step to the recovery process is to activate the databases. Activation brings the restored databases online for use by the Domino server. Follow steps 1-10 to activate a database.

Procedure

1. Start the Data Protection for HCL Domino GUI.
2. Open the Activate tab.
3. Expand the Activation to servername in the tree list. Pending dbs from local Domino server, and Pending dbs from other Domino servers are listed.
4. Expand the server type and navigate to the database you want to activate.
5. Select a folder to display Domino databases.
6. Click the gray check box of the databases you want to activate. The box changes color and contains a check mark.
7. Check Apply Logs if you want to collect the transaction logs.
8. Click Point in Time if you want to activate the data from a specific point in time. Put in the date and time, or select Set Current Time.
9. Click Activate. The progress box shows that the Data Protection for HCL Domino is activating Domino databases.
10. Click OK.