Hello Laurence, My only fear is that until today the preferred procedure to backup ZODB was using repozo.py (if I don't miss there something). It would allow doing backup while the app is online. And most of the time we want to do that. Also incremental backups only when needed.
I guess repozo.py is not (yet) aware of BLOBs. So the question would be, how to make backups with BLOBs? Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 5:06:36 PM, you wrote: LR> Backing up a ZODB has always been fairly easy in the past, but with the LR> introduction of blobs things have got a little more complex. LR> How should I create a consistent backup of my Data.fs and blob directory? LR> My inital guess would be to take a copy of the Data.fs, then take a copy of LR> the blob directory to ensure I have all blobs referenced in the Data.fs. LR> Would I be able to restore from such a backup safely? (it may contain blobs LR> from transactions that were newer than the backed up Data.fs). LR> This should be safe because committed blobs are immutable and any dangling LR> blobfiles would not interfere with the creation of blobs from new LR> transactions in the restored zodb, as transaction ids would not overlap. LR> I would be greatful if anyone could point out holes in my reasoning or has LR> experience of this. LR> Laurence -- Best regards, Adam GROSZER mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Quote of the day: There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. - Louis L'Amour _______________________________________________ For more information about ZODB, see the ZODB Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/ ZODB-Dev mailing list - ZODB-Dev@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zodb-dev
