Command Line Interface - Configuration - Notes Database iDataAgent

Log On to the CommServe

To run command line operations, you must first login to the CommServe.

From Command prompt, navigate to <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base and run the following command:

 
qlogin -cs <commserve name> -u <user name>

For example, to log on to CommServe 'server1' with username 'user1':

qlogin -cs server1 -u user1

Subclient Configuration

Creating a Subclient

Download the create_subclient_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.
Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.
```
 
qoperation execute -af create_subclient_template.xml -appName 'Notes Database' -clientName xxxxx -subclientName xxxxx
```

Modifying a Subclient

Download the update_subclient_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.
Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.
```
 
qoperation execute -af update_subclient_template.xml -appName 'Notes Database' -clientName xxxxx -subclientName xxxxx
```

Deleting a Subclient

Download the delete_subclient_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.
Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.
```
 
qoperation execute -af delete_subclient_template.xml -appName 'Notes Database' -clientName xxxxx -subclientName xxxxx
```

Getting Subclient Properties

Download the get_subclient_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.
Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.
```
 
qoperation execute -af get_subclient_template.xml -appName 'Notes Database' -clientName xxxxx -subclientName xxxxx
```

Available Parameters for Subclient Configuration

The following table displays all the parameters you can use with the commands mentioned in the above sections. To add a parameter to your command, use the following syntax: (Some examples are provided at the end of the table.)

qoperation execute -af <template XML file> -<parameter name> <value>

Parameter	Description of Parameter Values
clientName	Name of the client computer.
backupsetname	Name of the backup set.
appName	Name of the application. In this case it would be 'Notes Database'.
subclientname	Name of the subclient.
enableBackup	Option to enable/disable backup. Valid values are True/False.
encryptionFlag	Option to set the encryption points during backups. Valid values are: ENC_MEDIA_ONLY, to encrypt the backup data after transmission and prior to storage on the media. ENC_NETWORK_AND_MEDIA, to encrypt the backup data before transmission. The data is stored encrypted on the media. ENC_NETWORK_ONLY, to encrypt the backup data for transmission and then decrypt the data prior to storage on the media. ENC_NONE, to disable data encryption.
networkAgents	Number of Network Agents.
softwareCompression	Option to enable compression on the Client or MediaAgent computer. Valid values are: ON_CLIENT, to enable software compression on the client. ON_MEDIAAGENT, to enable software compression on the MediaAgent. OFF, to disable software compression.
throttleNetworkBandwidth	Enhancing backup performance by reducing network bandwidth overhead. Valid values are 0/1.
enableDeduplication	Option to enable deduplication on subclient. Valid values are True/False.
generateSignature	A component of deduplication performed on the client or MediaAgent computer. Valid values are: ON_CLIENT, to enable signature generation on the client. ON_MEDIA_AGENT, to enable signature generation on the MediaAgent. OFF, to disable signature generation.
dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName	Name of the Storage Policy to be associated for backup.
postBackupCommand	Path to the post-process script that will be run after the backup.
postScanCommand	Path to the post-process script that will be run after the scan phase
preBackupCommand	Path to the pre-process script that will be run before the backup.
preScanCommand	Path to the pre-process script that will be run before the scan phase
runAs	Option to specify the user name who has permissions to run the pre-process and post-process scripts. Valid values are: USE_IMPERSONATION, to specify a user with enough privileges to run the scripts. When using this value, you also need to provide the user credentials: `-prepostUserName/userName <user name> -prepostUserName/password <password>` USE_LOCAL_SYS_ADMIN, to use the administrator account to run the scripts.
lotusNotesDBContent/databaseTitle	Name of the Notes Database to be backed up. This parameter must be used along with the lotusNotesDBContent/relativePath (path to the database, starting from beneath the partition folder) and the contentOperationType parameter, for example: -contentOperationType <value> -lotusNotesDBContent/databaseTitle '<DB name>' -lotusNotesDBContent/relativePath '<DB relative path>'
contentOperationType	Modification type. Valid values are ADD, to add content to the subclient OVERWRITE, to overwrite contents to the subclient. DELETE, to delete the contents from the subclient.

Examples

The following examples show how to add a parameter for a command:

Adding Content

To update the location for the subclient content use the following command:

qoperation execute -af update_subclient_template.xml -appName 'Notes Database' -clientName client1 -subclientName subclient1 -contentOperationType ADD -lotusNotesDBContent/databaseTitle 'LotusDB' -lotusNotesDBContent/relativePath '/DBset/DB1'

Setting a Storage Policy

To assign a storage policy to a subclient, add the 'storagePolicyName' parameter to the following command:

qoperation execute -af update_subclient_template.xml -appName 'Notes Database' -clientName client1 -subclientName subclient1 -dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName sp1

Log Off from the CommServe

Once you have completed the command line operations, you can logout from the CommServe using the following command:

qlogout -cs commserve

For example, to log out from the CommServe 'Server1'.

qlogout -cs Server1