I think you should also delete files that don't exist anymore in the index, from the backup?
Shai On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Michael McCandless < luc...@mikemccandless.com> wrote: > Could you boil this down to a small standalone program showing the problem? > > Optimizing in between backups should be completely fine. > > Mike > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Lucas Nazário dos > Santos<nazario.lu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using the SnapshotDeletionPolicy class to backup my index. I > basically > > call the snapshot() method from the class SnapshotDeletionPolicy at some > > point, get a list of files that changed, copy then to the backup folder, > and > > finish by calling the release() method. > > > > The problem arises when, in between backups, I optimize the index by > opening > > it with the IndexWriter class and calling the optimize() method. When I > > don't optimize in between backups, here is what happens: > > > > The first backup copies the segment composed by the files _0.cfs and > > segments_2. The second backup copies the files _1.cfs and segments_3, and > > the third backup copies the files _2.cfs e segments_4. I can open the > backup > > folder with Luke without problems. > > > > When I do optimize in between backups, the copies are as follow: > > > > The first backup copies the segment composed by the files _0.cfs and > > segments_2. The second backup copies the files _1.cfs and segments_3, and > > the third backup copies the files _3.cfs e segments_5. In this case, when > I > > try to open the backup folder, Luke gives a message saying that it can't > > find the file _2.cfs. > > > > My question is: how can I backup my index using the > SnapshotDeletionPolicy > > and having to optimize the index in between backups? Am I using the right > > backup strategy? > > > > Thanks, > > Lucas > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
