Hi Peter, The documentation page on Backups explains how to backup sharded database files: http://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/maintenance/backups.html
Best Jan -- Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ > On 18. Nov 2019, at 15:50, Krawetzky, Peter J <krawetzk...@aetna.com.INVALID> > wrote: > > I know the document recommendation is to use replication for backups but I > want to make sure I provide a recovery solution in case someone totally > deletes a document or data within a document by accident and I can recover > that. Replication doesn't provide for this situation. > > The documentation references backing up .couch files but my implementation > doesn't have those. All of my database files are broken up under the shards > directory. I have no single point of a database name based on the > documentation reference. Do I just copy the shards directory now? > > Any advice would be great. > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication and any attachments may contain > confidential and/or privileged information for the use of the designated > recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that you have received this communication in error and that any > review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its > contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify the sender immediately by email or telephone and destroy all > copies of this communication and any attachments. > > > > Proprietary > > NOTICE TO RECIPIENT OF INFORMATION: > This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think > you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply > e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. > This e-mail may also contain protected health information (PHI) with > information about sensitive medical conditions, including, but not limited > to, treatment for substance use disorders, behavioral health, HIV/AIDS, or > pregnancy. This type of information may be protected by various federal > and/or state laws which prohibit any further disclosure without the express > written consent of the person to whom it pertains or as otherwise permitted > by law. Any unauthorized further disclosure may be considered a violation of > federal and/or state law. A general authorization for the release of medical > or other information may NOT be sufficient consent for release of this type > of information. > Thank you. Aetna
