Re: [Zope] Backing up Zope

2005-10-14 Thread Jens Vagelpohl
On 14 Oct 2005, at 20:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can anyone advise me on backing up zope. Our license is going to expire soon, and before we get the new license, I would like to have a backup of my existing setup. Huh? Zope does not have any license that expires... what exactly are

Re: [Zope] Backing up Zope

2005-10-14 Thread Jake
http://www.zopezone.com/faq/1128712607 -- http://www.ZopeZone.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi, Can anyone advise me on backing up zope. Our license is going to expire soon, and before we get the new license, I would like to have a backup of my existing setup. --Walter

Re: [Zope] backing up zope files

2005-04-21 Thread Paul Winkler
On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 05:48:40PM -0400, Abhilasha Chaudhary wrote: Abhilasha Chaudhary wrote: Thanks for the info. I downloaded the FSDump product and dumped my files to the file system. But when I ftp the files back to the zope interface, they lose their properties. Is there a

Re: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?)

2000-06-30 Thread Toby Dickenson
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:19:32 -0400, Shane Hathaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quite simply, Data.fs is appended, not modified, except during a pack operation. Think of it like a binary log file. Therefore there are only two ways a simple, live backup of Data.fs can fail: 1) You do the copy in

RE: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?)

2000-06-29 Thread Wilkinson Charlie E
Title: RE: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?) Just to start by pointing out the bloody obvious: - Restoring from backup means you lose all data between backup date/time and system failure. Sucks, but it beats losing *all* your data. (RAID5 anyone?) - With that in mind

RE: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?)

2000-06-29 Thread Jeff K. Hoffman
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Wilkinson Charlie E wrote: Another random thought is that if ZODB transactions and writes are atomic, than none of this should be an issue. Anyone know the answer to that one? It is my understanding that the ZODB on disk is always in a consistent state; Jim has said, in

RE: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?)

2000-06-29 Thread Erik Enge
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Jeff K. Hoffman wrote: It is my understanding that the ZODB on disk is always in a consistent state; Jim has said, in the past, that you can simply make a copy of Data.fs, even while Zope is running, without problems. But the Data.fs has to be updated sometimes. And if

Re: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?)

2000-06-29 Thread Bill Anderson
Wilkinson Charlie E wrote: Just to start by pointing out the bloody obvious: - Restoring from backup means you lose all data between backup date/time and system failure. Sucks, but it beats losing *all* your data. (RAID5 anyone?) A) Please: no html! B) I just had one weird and

RE: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?)

2000-06-29 Thread Jeff K. Hoffman
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Erik Enge wrote: On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Jeff K. Hoffman wrote: It is my understanding that the ZODB on disk is always in a consistent state; Jim has said, in the past, that you can simply make a copy of Data.fs, even while Zope is running, without problems. But the

RE: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?)

2000-06-29 Thread Wilkinson Charlie E
Title: RE: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?) -Original Message- From: Erik Enge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Jeff K. Hoffman wrote: It is my understanding that the ZODB on disk is always in a consistent state; Jim has said

RE: [Zope] Backing Up Zope (was: Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?)

2000-06-29 Thread Erik Enge
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Wilkinson Charlie E wrote: This would be consistent with "atomic updates." What it means is that a transaction is not written to the Data.fs file until it has completed, and when it is finally written out, it's done as an atomic operation, i.e. at the system level it is