A web-based import/export tool is and was not ever on our roadmap: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/roadmap.html
The roadmap is not an all-inclusive list of features we plan to build, but rather, a list of features we have high confidence will ship in the upcoming 6 month timeframe. You are absolutely welcome to build an open source web based import/export tool for App Engine. Once you have done this, submit a request and we will add it to the Open Source projects page: http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/web/google-app-engine-open-source-projects On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:51 AM, mscwd01 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<google-appengine-java%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine Blog: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine -- 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.
