This section discusses how to migrate your data from your Domino servers to virtual disk. This section also explains how to move your data back to your Domino server should the need arise to do so.
To migrate your Domino server information to virtual disks, consider the following requirements:
To migrate your Domino databases to virtual disks, complete the following steps.
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In the Windows 2000 user interface, choose Start > Programs > SnapManager for Domino.
Caution
Run SnapManager from the system console, not from a Terminal Services client. Network Appliance recommends that you not use Terminal Services for any type of SnapManager administration as you may miss critical information contained in pop-up dialog boxes that might not appear.
Result
The SnapManager for Lotus Domino Welcome screen appears.
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Select the Configurator Wizard button.
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At the Configurator Wizard Welcome screen, click Next.
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In the Where to Move Databases screen, select the Domino Data directory you want to migrate to a virtual disk.
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From the virtual disk list, select the virtual disk to which you want to move your Domino Data directory, click the move (<=>) button, and then click Next.
Result
The Where to move transaction logs screen appears.
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In the Where to Move Transaction Logs screen, select the transaction log files you want to move and the virtual disk to which you want to move them to, click the <=> button, and then click Next.
Result
The Where to put SnapInfo files screen appears.
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In the Where to put SnapInfo files screen, type in or browse to the virtual disk drive letter you want your SnapInfo files to be moved to.
Note
The virtual disk you use for your SnapInfo file can also be the same virtual disk you use for your transaction logs. Result
The Configurator displays a summary of the configuration.
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If the configuration summary is satisfactory, click Finish to display a list of tasks the Configurator performs, based on the configuration information you specified.
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Click Start Now to migrate your databases, their logs, and the SnapInfo files to the virtual disks you specified.
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After the migration is complete, restart your Domino server to make sure that the migration was successful.
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Back up your database immediately.
Note
Any time you use SnapManager Configurator to move data from one drive to another, backups taken prior to the move become invalid. After you migrate to a new virtual disk, take an immediate snapshot. |
If, for any reason, you choose not to use SnapManager as your data management tool, you need to migrate your databases back to local disk.
To migrate your databases back to local disk, complete the following steps.
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In the Windows 2000 interface, choose Start > Run.
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At the dialog box, type regedit.
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In the regedit file, navigate to the Lotus Domino directory.
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In the right window pane, look for network paths other than paths pointing to local disk.
For example
Your local drive letter is C: and you want to move all of your data off virtual disk and your local disk. Edit all instances of virtual drive letters to the local drive letter.
Change:
D:\Lotus\Domino\Data
to:
C:\Lotus\Domino\Data
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After you finish with the Domino directory, navigate to the directory under the Domino directory that corresponds to the version of Lotus Domino you are running, either 5.0 or 6.0.
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Look for network paths other than paths pointing to local disk and edit them to point to local disk.
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Close regedit.
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Launch the Domino server.
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Launch Lotus Notes from the Program menu.
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In Lotus Notes, open the Address Book.
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Select File > Databases > Open.
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In the Open Database dialog box, from the pull-down menu, choose the server to which you want to migrate your databases.
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After you choose your server, select your server's address book and click Open.
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After your address book opens, double-click the server highlighted in the right-hand window of the Address Book window.
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In the upper left-hand corner of the window, select Edit Server.
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Click the Transaction Logging tab.
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Change the drive letter of the log path from the virtual disk drive letter to the drive letter of the local drive.
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Click Save and Close.
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Exit Lotus Notes.
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Quit from the Domino server.
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From Windows Explorer, navigate to the Domino directory and open the notes.ini file.
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Manually change all drive letters listed in the notes.ini file to the local drive letter, then save and close the file.
Note
If you have multiple partitioned servers, you must modify multiple notes.ini files in order for the migration from virtual disk back to local disk to take place. |
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Open SnapManager for Lotus Domino
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Click the Configurator Button.
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Click Next until you arrive at the Where to Put SnapInfo files window.
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Change the drive letter of the Result SnapInfo Directory back to the drive letter of the local disk, and then click Next.
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Click Finish and then Start Now.
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Once the migration is complete, exit out of SnapManager for Domino.
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Relaunch the Domino server.
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At the prompt, enter the following command:
show server
This verifies that the changes took effect.
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