Restore (NSF databases)

Concepts that are associated with restoring and activating Domino® databases and archived transaction logs are described.

A Domino database recovery can involve restoring several transaction log files in addition to the database backup file from the IBM Storage Protect server, depending on the backup strategy you choose. The function to restore database files is separate from the function that applies updates from the transaction log. You can restore database files separately while transaction logs are processed for all restored databases. This avoids restoring the same transaction log files multiple times. Restoring and updating a database with current changes from the transaction log is a two-step process that is implemented by the restore and activatedbs commands.

For more information about backup and restore strategies, see NSF backup strategy.