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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Lakshman Srilakshmanan <la...@tradingpost.com.au> on 2006/01/18 07:47:55 UTC
FSFS backup
Hi All,
Every time I think I have everything I need to start migration, the path
gets a little bit longer.
Assuming there is no activity in my repository (FSFS), is it safe to
take a backup using the "tar" command of the entire repository.
The mail archives indicate to use a svndump for the repository and tar
for hooks & conf or use hotcopy.
Thanks in advance.
Lakshman
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Re: FSFS backup
Posted by Vincent Lefevre <vi...@vinc17.org>.
On 2006-01-18 11:15:06 -0500, Paul Koning wrote:
> >>>>> "Vincent" == Vincent Lefevre <vi...@vinc17.org> writes:
>
> Vincent> On 2006-01-18 00:09:57 -0800, Hari Kodungallur wrote:
> >> You can use the "svnadmin hotcopy" command. # svnadmin hotcopy
> >> /path/to/repository /path/to/backup/repository
>
> Vincent> BTW, is it only a backup system or a mirroring one?
> Vincent> i.e. can one access to /path/to/backup/repository with svn
> Vincent> reliably?
>
> Yes.
On 2006-01-18 11:36:50 -0800, Hari Kodungallur wrote:
> This command is only to do a backup. Mirroring, AFAIK, is not
> currently supported directly by subversion. You might want to look at
> SVK for mirroring.
Which one is right?
I considered using svk, but it doesn't currently have zsh completions.
On 2006-01-18 11:15:06 -0500, Paul Koning wrote:
> Vincent> Also, is there any plan to backup/mirror to a remote machine
> Vincent> with "svnadmin hotcopy" (with identical repositories)? Or do
> Vincent> I need another tool?
>
> If you NFS mount the output filesystem, that will give you remote
> backup.
I can't.
> If you can't do that, you can tar up the output, ftp or scp
> it across, and untar it. That should do the job...
Too inefficient (rsync would be better) and unreliable, and it would
no longer be a mirroring system then.
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Re: FSFS backup
Posted by Paul Koning <pk...@equallogic.com>.
>>>>> "Vincent" == Vincent Lefevre <vi...@vinc17.org> writes:
Vincent> On 2006-01-18 00:09:57 -0800, Hari Kodungallur wrote:
>> You can use the "svnadmin hotcopy" command. # svnadmin hotcopy
>> /path/to/repository /path/to/backup/repository
Vincent> BTW, is it only a backup system or a mirroring one?
Vincent> i.e. can one access to /path/to/backup/repository with svn
Vincent> reliably?
Yes.
Vincent> Also, is there any plan to backup/mirror to a remote machine
Vincent> with "svnadmin hotcopy" (with identical repositories)? Or do
Vincent> I need another tool?
If you NFS mount the output filesystem, that will give you remote
backup. If you can't do that, you can tar up the output, ftp or scp
it across, and untar it. That should do the job...
paul
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Re: FSFS backup
Posted by Hari Kodungallur <hk...@gmail.com>.
On 1/18/06, Vincent Lefevre <vi...@vinc17.org> wrote:
> On 2006-01-18 00:09:57 -0800, Hari Kodungallur wrote:
> > You can use the "svnadmin hotcopy" command.
> > # svnadmin hotcopy /path/to/repository /path/to/backup/repository
>
> BTW, is it only a backup system or a mirroring one?
> i.e. can one access to /path/to/backup/repository with svn
> reliably?
>
> Also, is there any plan to backup/mirror to a remote machine
> with "svnadmin hotcopy" (with identical repositories)? Or do
> I need another tool?
>
This command is only to do a backup. Mirroring, AFAIK, is not
currently supported directly by subversion. You might want to look at
SVK for mirroring.
rgds
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-Hari Kodungallur
SpikeSource Inc.
http://developer.spikesource.com
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Re: FSFS backup
Posted by Vincent Lefevre <vi...@vinc17.org>.
On 2006-01-18 00:09:57 -0800, Hari Kodungallur wrote:
> You can use the "svnadmin hotcopy" command.
> # svnadmin hotcopy /path/to/repository /path/to/backup/repository
BTW, is it only a backup system or a mirroring one?
i.e. can one access to /path/to/backup/repository with svn
reliably?
Also, is there any plan to backup/mirror to a remote machine
with "svnadmin hotcopy" (with identical repositories)? Or do
I need another tool?
--
Vincent Lefèvre <vi...@vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/>
100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/>
Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
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Re: FSFS backup
Posted by Hari Kodungallur <hk...@gmail.com>.
On 1/17/06, Lakshman Srilakshmanan
<la...@tradingpost.com.au> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Every time I think I have everything I need to start migration, the path
> gets a little bit longer.
>
> Assuming there is no activity in my repository (FSFS), is it safe to
> take a backup using the "tar" command of the entire repository.
>
You can use the "svnadmin hotcopy" command.
# svnadmin hotcopy /path/to/repository /path/to/backup/repository
This command can be used even when the repository is being used. The
command is smart enough to backup only until the *last completed*
transaction.
rgds
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SpikeSource Inc.
http://developer.spikesource.com
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