Lotus Domino Replica Backup?

Hi,

Lotus Domino 8.5 is installed on RedHat Linux. I knew from an the SCL and the Admin Guide that the Lotus agent doesn't support that scenario, and other members in this forum confirmed that and suggested that I do a flat-files backup after bringing down Lotus Domino offline, which is not a good thing to do.

This Lotus Domino server has a replica to another Windows server. But since IBM's best practices indicate not to rely on Lotus Domino replica as a method of database backup, is it possible to use the Lotus Domino agent to back up this Windows Lotus Domino replica to tapes using Backup Exec?

Thanks