Re: [Zope] backup full instances

--On 26. Oktober 2007 16:57:02 +0200 Jonas Meurer <jonas@freesources.org> wrote:

Is it safe in general to copy Data.fs while the instance is running? Or might I end up with a broken Data.fs, which zope is not able to read at all?

If you create a local copy, it is safe. If you rsync a running Data.fs, it is not safe. In this case you create a local copy and rsync the copy.

And which other ways to you know to backup an entire instance? Maybe sync it with ZEO to another server in realtime? Or use some export method?

<http://www.zope.com/products/zope_replication_services.html> Check also for "zeoraid" from Gocept. For incremental backups: check the repozo.py script. -aj