On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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We are using OBS already for some time but haven't made any backups yet. Is there a way to backup an OBS system, OBS mysql database and filesystems?

Anything wrong with rsync and mysqldump?

Well, usually you don't "rsync" online databases (mysql or svn), as that would result in inconsistencies. You have to snapshot the filesystem, which may not be that easy (depending on the filesystem). So, for mysql it should be mysqldump, and for svn it should be "svnadmin dump". -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org

Hello, Which filesystems needs to be dumped to backup the OBS software i.e. in which directories is OBS installed? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Lud -----Original Message----- From: Claudio Freire [mailto:klaussfreire@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:00 PM To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Lud Antonie; opensuse-buildservice@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse-buildservice] OBS backup On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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We are using OBS already for some time but haven't made any backups yet. Is there a way to backup an OBS system, OBS mysql database and filesystems?

Anything wrong with rsync and mysqldump?

Well, usually you don't "rsync" online databases (mysql or svn), as that would result in inconsistencies. You have to snapshot the filesystem, which may not be that easy (depending on the filesystem). So, for mysql it should be mysqldump, and for svn it should be "svnadmin dump". -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org

On Tuesday 2012-09-11 17:59, Claudio Freire wrote:

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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We are using OBS already for some time but haven't made any backups yet. Is there a way to backup an OBS system, OBS mysql database and filesystems?

Anything wrong with rsync and mysqldump?

Well, usually you don't "rsync" online databases (mysql or svn)

Well that's why I said mysqldump.

that would result in inconsistencies.

Can't be worse than when the kernel locks up and you need a force reboot.

So, for mysql it should be mysqldump, and for svn it should be "svnadmin dump".

OBS does not use svn, but its own storage methodology (namely, mostly plain files). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:21:31PM -0300, Claudio Freire wrote:

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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So, for mysql it should be mysqldump, and for svn it should be "svnadmin dump".

OBS does not use svn, but its own storage methodology (namely, mostly plain files).

Curious, because osc feels a lot like svn. Why would it reinvent the wheel?

Historical reasons, mostly. The storage format used in OBS predates OBS by a couple of years. It's actually much more related to git than svn, e.g. it uses a hash to identify file sets. Cheers, Michael. -- Michael Schroeder mls@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF Jeff Hawn, HRB 16746 AG Nuernberg main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);} -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org

On Wednesday 2012-09-12 17:21, Claudio Freire wrote:

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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So, for mysql it should be mysqldump, and for svn it should be "svnadmin dump".

OBS does not use svn, but its own storage methodology (namely, mostly plain files).

Curious, because osc feels a lot like svn. Why would it reinvent the wheel?

Somehow bdb does not feel like the best to handle large blobs. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org