Lotus Notes Backup

Handy Backup features ability to back up databases of Lotus Notes version 6.5 and higher. You can perform either full backup of all Lotus Notes files or selective backup of specific file categories such as contacts, logs, journal entries, emails, etc.

To be able to add Lotus Notes to the backup set, you need to write the root directory (the directory where nlsxbe.dll is located) of Lotus Notes in the Path Environment variable. To do it, follow these steps:

1. Right-click My Computer to open the shortcut menu, and then click Properties.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
3. In the System Variables box, select Path, and then click Edit.
4. In the Edit System Variable dialog, add Lotus Notes directory path in the end of the Variable Value field (type a semicolon and then the path without spaces), and then click OK.

Note: The procedure described above is applicable to Windows XP, if you are using a different operating system you may find slight differences in the System Properties interface.

After you have added Lotus Notes Directory to System Path variable, you can perform Lotus Notes backup. To add Lotus Notes data to the backup set, follow these steps:

1. Launch the New Task Wizard.
2. Select Backup Task, and then click Next.
3. Click Add to open the shortcut menu. The list of available for backup items will appear.

4. Select Lotus Notes.

5. Expand the tree panel to see the list of Lotus Notes file categories available for backup. To exclude one or several items from the backup set, uncheck the respective boxes. When finished, click Next.

The subsequent steps are identical to usual backup task creation. For more details, refer to Backing up data.