[Zope] backup full instances

[Jonathan]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonas Meurer" <jonas at freesources.org>
To: "zope-users" <zope at zope.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: [Zope] backup full instances


> Hello,
> 
> We have several different zope instances running on our servers, and
> currently the only backup we do is a daily copy of the Data.fs.
> 
> The main problem with this backup approach is, that the zope instance is
> not stopped for the backup at all, thus the Data.fs might not be up to
> date.
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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?

Have a look at:

http://wiki.zope.org/ZODB/FileStorageBackup


Jonathan