Backup Tool

[HarveyWaters <ha...@googlemail.com>]

Zukka,

Do you know the current status of the back up tool. There seems to be loads
of patches (for the JackRabbit core), will these be added to the core at
some time ?

The functionality of the tool seems really good. The only problem is that
you can't restore the version history. I've been trying to use the tool to
swap to the new bundle persistence manager and this tool seemed to be the
right approach for the migration.

Can you let us all know what is going to happen with it.

Thanks for your time Zukka.
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Re: Backup Tool

[Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On 5/23/07, harvey waters <ha...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I've already looked at the (JCR-891 and very nice it is too). Presently I'm
> using it, but of course it uses the importXML so it can't do any export of
> version histories either. I thought, I might be wrong here, that the two
> tools were different in that the backup tool was designed to do system
> content (version history) where as the JCR-891 contribution was really just
> for content.

Correct.

> Am I right in thinking that to back-up and restore we need to change
> jackrabbit core itself in order to gain access to the protected system
> content (version history) ?

That's right. We couldn't reach consensus on what those internal
changes should be (see Jira and the dev list archives for the
discussions), which is the main reason why the backup tool never got
finished. Renewed efforts on that front would of course be very much
welcome.

BR,

Jukka Zitting

Re: Backup Tool

[harvey waters <ha...@googlemail.com>]

Thanks for that Jukka.

I've already looked at the (JCR-891 and very nice it is too). Presently I'm
using it, but of course it uses the importXML so it can't do any export of
version histories either. I thought, I might be wrong here, that the two
tools were different in that the backup tool was designed to do system
content (version history) where as the JCR-891 contribution was really just
for content.

Am I right in thinking that to back-up and restore we need to change
jackrabbit core itself in order to gain access to the protected system
content (version history) ?

On 5/22/07, Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 5/22/07, HarveyWaters <ha...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Do you know the current status of the back up tool. There seems to be
> loads
> > of patches (for the JackRabbit core), will these be added to the core at
> > some time ?
>
> As you mentioned, the main unresolved problem is correct handling of
> the version history. I'd be happy to assist if someone wants to take
> up the effort, but as of now we have nobody actively working on it.
>
> As an alternative, you may want to take a look at JCR-891 for an
> alternative import/export tool.
>
> BR,
>
> Jukka Zitting
>

Re: Backup Tool

[Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On 5/22/07, HarveyWaters <ha...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Do you know the current status of the back up tool. There seems to be loads
> of patches (for the JackRabbit core), will these be added to the core at
> some time ?

As you mentioned, the main unresolved problem is correct handling of
the version history. I'd be happy to assist if someone wants to take
up the effort, but as of now we have nobody actively working on it.

As an alternative, you may want to take a look at JCR-891 for an
alternative import/export tool.

BR,

Jukka Zitting