Re: Hot to restore repo from hot-backup.py

Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@collab.net> writes:

> No, it just documents your example of 'db_recover' as a way of making
> Berkeley DB replay transactions; but the Handbook says that this is
> only necessary when the repository locks up... because, well, that's
> the only time we've ever had to use it!

Well, assuming, this doesn't turn out to be a bug, and you really
do need to run db_recover on the backups, you need to explicitly
list the steps to restore from the hot-backup.

> It means run 'db_archive -l', examine the list of logfiles it prints
> out, and then copy them out in that order.

What do you mean "copy them out"? Copy them to where? It's possible
my running db_recover just did this for me.

> This is what puzzles me. There's no such thing as "how to restore" a
> backup; you just start using it. No special knowledge required. Or
> so I *thought*

Um, it doesn't look like you thought that. You just told me i had
to "copy out" logfiles. In any case, grab one of these hot backup
directories and checkout from it. You'll see what i'm talking
about.

--
Eric Gillespie <*> epg@pretzelnet.org

Build a fire for a man, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on
fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett

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Received on Thu Jul 18 00:54:11 2002