[Zope] How to backup Zope data base?

Martijn Pieters mj@digicool.com
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:03:51 +0100


On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:01:24AM -0600, Marty Stitt wrote:
> FYI: I once had a situation where Zope wouldn't start due to corrupted data.
> But, when I copied the Data.fs file to another installation, everything worked
> fine.
> When I tried putting a Data.fs from a fresh installation in place of the
> corrupted one, Zope still wouldn't start.  I finally discovered that deleting
> the .index file was what it took.

Ah, so there isn't a mechanism that detects invalid .index files. Maybe
this should be reported to the COllector, I am sure Jim can come up with a
solution.

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Martijn Pieters
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