Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of TracBackup
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- Jul 25, 2015, 7:08:55 PM (9 years ago)
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v7 v8 1 = Trac Backup 2 1 = Trac Backup = 3 2 [[TracGuideToc]] 4 3 5 4 Backups are simply a copied snapshot of the entire [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory, including the database. Backups can be created using the `hotcopy` command in [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]. 6 5 7 '''Note''': Trac uses the `hotcopy` nomenclature to match that of [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], to make it easier to remember when managing both Trac and Subversion servers. 6 ''Note: Trac uses the `hotcopy` nomenclature to match that of [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion], to make it easier to remember when managing both Trac and Subversion servers.'' 8 7 9 == Creating a Backup 8 == Creating a Backup == 10 9 11 To create a backup of a live TracEnvironment simply run:12 {{{#!sh10 To create a backup of a live TracEnvironment, simply run: 11 {{{#!sh 13 12 $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv hotcopy /path/to/backupdir 14 13 }}} 15 14 16 [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] will lock the database while copying. 15 [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] will lock the database while copying.'' 17 16 18 17 The resulting backup directory is safe to handle using standard file-based backup tools like `tar` or `dump`/`restore`. … … 20 19 Please note, the `hotcopy` command will not overwrite a target directory and when such exists, the operation ends with an error: `Command failed: [Errno 17] File exists:` This is discussed in [trac:ticket:3198 #3198]. 21 20 22 === Restoring a Backup 21 === Restoring a Backup === 23 22 24 23 To restore an environment from a backup, stop the process running Trac, ie the Web server or [wiki:TracStandalone tracd], restore the contents of your backup (path/to/backupdir) to your [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory and restart the service.