Jukka Zitting wrote:
Hi,
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Samuel Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
I need to backup our repository periodically and anticipate using the
RepositoryCopier class. I was curious that 2 of the methods in the Javadoc
mention that the source repo must not be modified during the call; however,
the others do not. Is it possible for me to perform a backup while still
allowing JCR API calls that modify the repo? In other words, will
RepositoryCopier somehow lock/cache/unlock/flush/etc for me?
I'm guessing it won't/can't do this.
You're right, the RepositoryCopier doesn't contain any protection
against concurrent changes to the repository. If you allow clients to
modify the repository while you're backing it up, you may end up with
an inconsistent backup.
So I have to block those calls while I perform a backup. That is fine;
however, I'm wondering why shouldn't I just backup the entire directory
into a zip file? Restore would just be replace existing directory with
the exploded zip.
Am I missing something? Note: I'm guessing I'd need to shutdown all
active sessions during a restore, but that is ok as I have control over
that.
Thanks.
--
Samuel Cox
