Backup System on Windows Cannot Read "Strings" File

["Lansberry, John E." <Jo...@jhuapl.edu>]

Hi,

  I read the FAQ, searched the user manual, Googled, but no luck.

  I use Subversion on a Windows XP system connected to a network.  I have a
local Subversion repository on my local hard disk.  Our network
administrators use backup software to perform automatic backups of our
systems every night (the backup software is Connected TLM if it makes any
difference).

  Anyway, the backup always seems to fail when it tries to backup the
"strings" file in my local repository (c:\repos\db\strings), returning an
error message saying it cannot read the file.

  Is there something that I need to do to allow backups to be made of my
repository (e.g., stop some process from running, etc.)?

Thanks,
John

Re: Backup System on Windows Cannot Read "Strings" File

[Mike Mason <mg...@thoughtworks.net>]

Lansberry, John E. wrote:

>   Anyway, the backup always seems to fail when it tries to backup the 
> "strings" file in my local repository (c:\repos\db\strings), returning 
> an error message saying it cannot read the file.
>
>   Is there something that I need to do to allow backups to be made of 
> my repository (e.g., stop some process from running, etc.)?
>

Are you running svnserve, Apache with mod_dav_svn, or something else?

Your best bet might be to not backup the database files, but instead to 
create a nightly dump of the repository and back that up instead. I'm 
not exactly sure, but the reason the DB files are locked is that backing 
them up while in use could lead to an inconsistent backup. "svnadmin 
dump" will produce a consistent snapshot, even if your repository is 
being accessed.

Cheers,
Mike.


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Re: Backup System on Windows Cannot Read "Strings" File

["C.A.T.Magic" <c....@gmx.at>]

Backup System on Windows Cannot Read "Strings" File
funny: the initial mail disappeared in the "spam-filter"
of my provider because of the word "string" in the topic :-)

:-)
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c.a.t.