Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 14:15, James Williamson wrote:
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>>svnadmin hotcopy c:/repos c:/reposbackup
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>>I would then back the 'reposbackup' directory to tape. Is this an adequate
>>backup for disaster recovery purposes?
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>Yes, it's simply copying the repository.
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>>Also, Hotcopy will not overwrite the reposbackup folder, so I am having to
>>go and delete the contents daily. Please help!
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>?? So have the windows scheduler delete the reposbackup directory before
>running hotcopy.
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That wouldn't exactly promote recoverability. A better solution would be
to _rename_ the old backup directory (possibly removing the renamed one
first), otherwise you'd look a bit foolish if your box crashed after the
delete but before the hotcopy...
-- Brane
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Received on Tue May 18 02:32:45 2004