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Backup Alfresco by copying the entire /opt/alf* dir?

dc41 — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:07:31 GMT

Is Alfresco now "self contained?" In other words, when I install Alfresco Community v4.0.0 (4003) schema 5025 does it install everything but the startup/shutdown scripts in the /opt/alfresco-4.0.d folder?I was reading through the backup and restore procedures, and the thought occurred to me that I m

Re: Backup Alfresco by copying the entire /opt/alf* dir?

mrogers — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:01:50 GMT

Yes in principle. However you are backing up more Than you need. And you must not access the Lucene directories while Lucene is running.

Re: Backup Alfresco by copying the entire /opt/alf* dir?

bbqigniter — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:25:57 GMT

have a look at: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Backup_and_Restore

only backing up the data-folder isn't enough. you also need to backup the database

Re: Backup Alfresco by copying the entire /opt/alf* dir?

dc41 — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:19:26 GMT

have a look at: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Backup_and_Restore

only backing up the data-folder isn't enough. you also need to backup the database

Isn't the database also kept in the data-folder? As long as it's shutdown, wouldn't it get backed up with the rest of the folder (as long as lucene isn't running?

I'm envisioning using cron to stop alfresco at 1:55 am, the run Simple Backup to back up my home and opt folders. The cron restarts at 3:30am or something like that.

I'll reread the docs on backup and restore. Maybe I missed something.

Thanks!

Re: Backup Alfresco by copying the entire /opt/alf* dir?

mrogers — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:34:02 GMT

It depends upon which database you are using. PostGresSQL can probably be backed up like that way, Don't think it works with mysql.

Try it and see, as I said above, in principle it will work.

There will be a few caveats though such as if there are any absolute paths in your configuration you will only be able to restore to the same location.