Restoring, rollforward, and activating Domino DB2 enabled Notes databases

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How to restore, rollforward, and activate DominoDB2 enabled Notes databases is described.

Restore your Domino databases after a device failure or when databases are corrupted. Remember that to restore DB2 enabled Notes databases, the DB2 Group backup (that contains the DB2 enabled Notes databases) or the entire Domino DB2 database backup must be restored. Domino databases are restored by reloading a database backup and optionally applying updates from the transaction logs that occurred after the backup was taken. Database backups can be restored over corrupted databases or to a different database file. When you restore a database to an existing file, data which exists in the database is overwritten and replaced by the data in the backup version.

Follow these tasks to restore a DB2 enabled Notes database:
  1. Click Restore in the IBM Storage Protect web client window or Java client window. If you are not logged in to the server, the IBM Storage Protect login window opens. Log in to the server, the Restore window opens.
  2. From the View list, select Domino DB2.
  3. Expand the directory tree under Data Protection for Domino to reveal your Data Protection for Domino node. Note, the node name is the one specified in the IBM Storage Protect options file.
  4. Expand the directory tree next to your Data Protection for Domino node to reveal available Domino Servers.
  5. Expand the directory tree next to the Domino Server that contains the data to restore.
    • To restore a DB2 Group that contains the DB2 enabled Notes database, expand the directory tree next to Groups to Restore. Find the DB2 enabled Notes database, and click the box next to the DB2 Group where it exists.
    • To restore a full DB2 database backup, expand the directory tree next to Databases to Restore. Click the box next to the database that you want to restore.
    • To restore a set of DB2 Groups, expand the directory tree next to Databases to Restore. Click the box next to the DB2 Groups that you want to restore.
    • To rollforward a DB2 database that was previously restored, expand the directory tree next to Databases to Rollforward. Click the box next to the database to rollforward. Use the Rollforward options to roll the database forward to a specific point in time. The transaction logs are applied to the DB2 database where the DB2 enabled Notes database exists.
    • To activate a DB2 database, expand the directory tree next to Databases to Activate. Click the box next to the database you want to activate.
  6. Perform one of these actions:
    • Click Restore to restore a full DB2 database or a DB2 Group.
    • Click Rollforward to rollforward a DB2 database.
    • Click Activate to activate DB2 NSF databases.