Can I attempt to get the attention of a Google employee to ask "When can we expect an in-built web based import/export tool for the GAE?"
Thanks :P On Jun 30, 11:04 am, François Masurel <[email protected]> wrote: > I dont think the bulkloader is really convenient for doing daily > datastore backups of several gigabytes, and I'm not talking about > exploding quotas. > > I would rather prefer some kind of snapshot mechanism on datastore > side. > > François > > On 29 juin, 20:40, Matthew Blain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The bulk loader does indeed provide backup and restore functionality > > today. While the implementation is in Python it can talk to your Java > > server and the entities are shared between Java and Python. > > > On Jun 28, 4:46 pm, mscwd01 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for your replying guys, it would be great if we could get an > > > official Google response to update us on this as well though! > > > > I'll definitely have a look at the Bulk Loader in the meantime... > > > > On Jun 28, 1:52 pm, Mike Dillon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mscwd01, > > > > > I'm not a google employee, but I have had success backing up our > > > > datastore and then restoring our datastore with > > > > the bulkloader utility. Currently the bulkloader is in the python sdk, > > > > so all you need to do is download that and then > > > > youll be able to do backups and restore from those backups. Check out > > > > the literature on the app engine, and try > > > > a couple searches to get your bearings. Nick Johnson has commented or > > > > written every search result that comes > > > > back when I was researching this a couple of weeks back, and there is > > > > also an I/O video on the bulkloader. > > > > > Make sure you read some of the fine print, i.e. one caveat is that you > > > > must have had your datastore populated for > > > > at least 12 hours which is the amount of time it takes for the > > > > statistics info to be built. That what the bulkloader > > > > works off of to do its datastore dump. > > > > > - Mike > > > > > On Jun 28, 7:16 am, mscwd01 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Google Employees, > > > > > > There has been a backup/restore facility on the roadmap for a while > > > > > now. Can you let us know if and when we may get an in-built tool that > > > > > will allow us to easily save the contents of the datastore to our > > > > > local machines and restore it if needs be? > > > > > > In the meantime, what is the preferred solution to backup/restore our > > > > > Java based apps? > > > > > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
