Not a problem - but you really ought to stop Zope if you want to RESTORE it! Only time it is a problem backing up is if the DB is being updated by something - ZSync, for example. Unlikely, but beware. cheers Graham -----Original Message----- From: Paul Horbal [mailto:horbal@atips.ca] Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2002 14:23 To: zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Backup & restore zope Is it really necessary to stop Zope when copying Data.fs? Assuming no one is logged in to your management interface and you don't have any pages that could alter Data.fs (or don't expect any changes at backup time) is it a problem? I have a script which backs up Data.fs to another machine on a nightly basis (usually around 3 am). The script makes 7 backups, keeping one for each day of the week. Is it conceivable that I could run into trouble if I don't stop Zope while the backup runs? P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham King" <Graham.King@team.ozemail.com.au> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 8:54 PM Subject: RE: [Zope] Backup & restore zope

Just take a live snapshot of your ../var/Data.fs (as the crucial part).

To restore: stop Zope, copy this file in place, start Zope.

-----Original Message----- From: Jim Kutter [mailto:jim@ebizq.net] Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2002 12:42 To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Backup & restore zope

Hi folks - how does one go about backing up and restoring a production Zope server?

-jim

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