Re: [Zope] Hot backups

2000-05-29 Thread Petru Paler
> Is there any facility in Zope for doing a hot backup, without shuting > down zope, taking a backup copy of var -- can this result in > inconsistencies in the internal DB, or does it use something mystical to > prevent corruption? If not, what other options exist for this? AFAICS Zope does a sy

Re: [Zope] Hot backups

2000-05-28 Thread Chris McDonough
Patrick, as the Data.fs file is always appended to (as opposed to being overwritten in places), I think you should be OK backing it up on the fly. "Patrick J.M. Keane" wrote: > > Is there any facility in Zope for doing a hot backup, without shuting > down zope, taking a backup copy of var -- can

[Zope] Hot backups

2000-05-28 Thread Patrick J.M. Keane
Is there any facility in Zope for doing a hot backup, without shuting down zope, taking a backup copy of var -- can this result in inconsistencies in the internal DB, or does it use something mystical to prevent corruption? If not, what other options exist for this? Thanks Patrick __