On 2023-09-28 17:28, Felix Natter wrote:
So the question is: Does "svnadmin dump" do some consistency checks (like svnadmin verify does)?
Probably not. Specifically it does not *test* that the dump can be loaded. Although that would certainly be a bug. I actually do not think that this is the best way of thinking about this. Maybe you should be thinking about "backup verification" instead? Start from the backup result (the compressed data), and regularly ensure it can be loaded and verified.
Regarding "svnadmin verify path/on/server": Can I be sure that this does not modify the data?
It is read-only.
Or do I have to use "svnadmin load" (on another machine), does "load" do more consistency checks?
I do recommend to use "svnadmin load" as a signal that the backup can actually be restored. Andreas
