Making regular Lotus Notes backups is a necessity if your company uses IBM Lotus products for messaging, browsing, collaboration, etc.
Lotus software provides a schema less, document-based, partially structured database. It supports rich content, powerful indexing facilities and pre-built applications (email, calendar, etc.), incorporates a cross-platform distributed database/messaging framework and application development environment.
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Due to highly complicated software design of Lotus and Domino, you cannot take backups of Lotus Notes/Domino data through a regular files-based method. To back up Lotus Domino server and Lotus Notes data you need a special software, such as Handy Backup.
Compared to other types of data, databases and email clients present the most challenge in terms of backup and recovery due to the fact that they contain great amounts of important data.
Lotus Notes works with different types of data (e-mails, calendars, shared documents, etc.), and IBM Notes backup may include an entire database or specific items, for example e-mail only.
Note! Handy Backup allows complete backup of Lotus databases, as well as more focused backup of Lotus Notes mail, calendars, or other components. Our utility has a certification for Ready for IBM Lotus Software logo, which guarantees error-free Lotus backups.
Handy Backup provides a powerful scheduler, which allows automating backup and all related procedures, such as compression, encryption, transferring backup to FTP server or to clouds, etc. Once you set a schedule, the program will backup Lotus data automatically.
You can select to back up the whole Lotus database or any of its components, e.g. email messages, calendars, notes, etc. Save space on storage media by backing up what you really need!
Handy Backup allows you to restore entire Lotus database with just a couple of mouse clicks. The application′s user-friendly interface provides a smooth and comprehensible way to restore backed up data, providing 24*7 stability and continuity of your business.
To back up Lotus Notes/Domino with Handy Backup, you only need to select the respective item in the menu, and the program will automatically locate all necessary data and add it to the task. It is important to activate Lotus Notes database firstly, to see its plug-in available for operations.
You can select to back up the whole Lotus database or any of its components, e.g. email messages, calendars, notes, etc. Save space on storage media by backing up what you really need!
Caveat! You will not see a Lotus Notes/Domino plug-in in a list of active plug-ins until you complete a sequence described above!
To make a backup, do the following:
Note! By default, Handy Backup utilizes Domino VSS backup technique, allowing hot backup of opened databases. To make cold backup, you can either stop the Domino server manually or use an advanced task wizard mode, and on Step 7, add commands to stop and restart a server before and after a task.
Version 8.5.0 , built on September 19, 2023. 116 MB
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Back up Lotus Notes regularly with Handy Backup and avoid loss of important data!