Hey Fleep, Thanks for the info for that. Sorry to hear about fleep grid :(. I will be sure to set up our system to run a mysql backup. Now I just need to figure out how to access screens using an automatic cron without terminating the screen when it exits.
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Fleep Tuque <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joshua, > > It's already possible to backup your database (which includes user > inventory) and take OAR snapshots of your regions, and these tasks can be > scheduled and automated with the Task Scheduler in Windows and I'm assuming > cron or something similar on unix. > > I used these terrific templates by WhiteStar Magic as the base for > automating my backups on a Windows system, see: > http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Smart_Prestart_WIN > http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Backing_Up_WIN > > There are also other suggestions and more information for other OSs at > http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Backups > > I have things set to run nightly and then use a separate batch script to > copy the backup files from my server to an external mounted drive, that way > I have copies locally on the server as well as on another disk in case of > disk failure (which happened to FleepGrid not too long ago, see > http://fleepgrid.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/19/fleepgrid-provisionally-back-up-following-hard-disk-failure/ > for > the gory details of that experience). > > Essentially, what you want to do is already possible and can be scheduled > and automated so you don't have to do it manually - although as anyone will > tell you, setting up backups and never checking them is a recipe for > disaster, so be sure to set it on YOUR calendar to periodically test your > backups and make sure you can restore everything as you expect. > > If you need more help setting things up, be sure too to tell us more > details about your system (grid or standalone, what OS, etc.) so we can > provide better assistance. > > Sincerely, > > - Chris/Fleep > > > Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque) > Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research (UCSIM) > UCIT Instructional & Research Computing > University of Cincinnati > 406A Zimmer Hall > 315 College Drive > PO BOX 210088 > Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088 > [email protected] > (513) 556-3018 > > http://ucsim.uc.edu > > > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:46 AM, Joshua Rubeck <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I was browsing the opensimulator wiki trying to find a way to >> automatically back up oars and other parts of a grid, and found an >> interesting module idea for it called AutoBackup. I thought it was a pretty >> neat idea sadly it looks like it was never fully complete and is outdated. >> I made me wonder if maybe this is something that could be incorporated into >> OpenSimulators core but cover more than regions, say user inventory. One of >> the things I have issues with is if I make one mistake when updating from >> one version of the software to the next I could loose all of my grids >> content and the users arent happy about it too. I am sure others face this, >> and its not fun losing hard work, also pretty easy to forget to backup one >> region or one user. If it cant be incorporated into OpenSimulators core can >> someone point me in the proper direction to learn the language for >> OpenSimulator :P Cause I would like to try and develop it myself if at all >> possible. >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >
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