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Alfresco 5.0c backup script WINDOWS

drisschelouati — Thu, 28 May 2015 11:23:59 GMT

Hi everyone,iam currently trying to set up a beckup strategy for our installation of alfresco. Reading a lot of tutorials about alfresco backup scripts, i noticed they are mostly written for LINUX systems, and the few i could find for windows are getting slightly old.I wanted to submit to the forum

Re: Alfresco 5.0c backup script WINDOWS

eswbitto — Thu, 28 May 2015 15:45:50 GMT

I've never used a alfresco version on windows so I can only provide little information (sorry about that), but you are on the right track. The biggest thing is to make sure the alf_data folder (it contains your data and database AND solr). You don't need to create a separate backup for solr if your backing up the entire alf_data directory.

My shell script for windows is rusty, but are you combining the two compressed files together? (data and database?)

Re: Alfresco 5.0c backup script WINDOWS

drisschelouati — Fri, 29 May 2015 10:07:57 GMT

Thank you for your answer,

yes as you can see, section number 4 organises the merge of data files and database. But about Sol4, so you say that i can actually back up all of the alf_data folder without any risks of corrupting data?

Re: Alfresco 5.0c backup script WINDOWS

eswbitto — Fri, 29 May 2015 16:12:10 GMT

The short answer yes,

You still need to create a database dump. I would still recommend using a backup strategy that compresses your backups for space issues that could come up.

You should still read these for references for best practices:
http://fcorti.com/2013/02/06/alfresco-backup-script/
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Backup_and_Restore

I've adopted fcorti's approach to backing up (using linux) and basically what gets backed up in the alf_data folder the entire folder and is then compressed. Then I create a dump of the database and compress it as well.

I think the biggest key is that if you adopt this same strategy you MUST always keep the two backups together.

Meaning: You can't restore a backup from last week and use the current database as of today. You have to restore the database from last week as well…Otherwise you screw yourself…