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Perform a Disaster Recovery with Circular Transaction Logging Enabled

If a disaster occurs and the Lotus Domino circular transaction logging option was enabled, you can recover your Lotus Domino server databases by performing the following steps.

To recover a Lotus Domino server database with circular transaction logging enabled

1. Restore or reinstall your Lotus Domino server program directory.

   You may need to reboot the server.

   Important! Depending on the extent of the data loss, it may be necessary to install and configure a new Lotus Domino server. Make sure the new installation is configured in the same way as the damaged server, with the same directory structure, location, and log directory path, but do not launch the new server at this time.

2. Restore the latest notes.ini, cert.id, and server.id files that you had saved before the data loss.

   You may need to reboot the server.

3. Prepare the log directory (logdir). Remove any transaction log control files (nlogctrl.lfh) and log files (.txn) from a previous installation.
4. Facilitate the creation of a new control file by setting the following parameter in the notes.ini file:

   TRANSLOG_PATH = LOGDIR
   

5. Restore the database files to the Lotus Domino data directory using CA ARCserve Backup Agent for Lotus Domino. Do not select the Perform Recovery option.
6. Launch the new Lotus Domino server.

   When the disaster recovery process is complete, start the Lotus Domino server and execute server tasks and functions.