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Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of TracBackup


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Jul 10, 2013, 2:10:18 PM (11 years ago)
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    1919The resulting backup directory is safe to handle using standard file-based backup tools like `tar` or `dump`/`restore`.
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    21 Please, note, that hotcopy command does not overwrite target directory and when such exists, hotcopy ends with error: `Command failed: [Errno 17] File exists:` This is discussed in trac:ticket:3198.
     21Please, note, that hotcopy command does not overwrite target directory and when such exists, hotcopy ends with error: `Command failed: [Errno 17] File exists:` This is discussed in [trac:ticket:3198 #3198].
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    2323=== Restoring a Backup ===
     
    2525Backups are simply a copied snapshot of the entire [wiki:TracEnvironment project environment] directory, including the SQLite database.
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    27 To restore an environment from a backup, simply stop the process running Trac (i.e. the Web server or [wiki:TracStandalone tracd]), restore the directory structure from the backup and restart the service.
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    29   ''Note: Automatic backup of environments that don't use SQLite as database backend is not supported at this time. As a workaround, we recommend that you stop the server, copy the environment directory, and make a backup of the database using whatever mechanism is provided by the database system.''
     27To restore an environment from a backup, stop the process running Trac (i.e. 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.
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    32 See also: TracAdmin, TracEnvironment, TracGuide, TracMigrate
     30See also: TracAdmin, TracEnvironment, TracGuide, [trac:TracMigrate TracMigrate]