How to backup Alfresco daily and restore point in time

[jack_chuong]

Hi all,
I'm using alfresco-community-4.2.c, it is installed on Centos 6.4 64 bit server by using setup wizards.

./alfresco-community-4.2.c-installer-linux-x64.bin‍‍‍

Alfresco is placed in /opt/alfresco-4.2.c

pwd/opt/alfresco-4.2.clsalf_data      amps_share  libreoffice            README.txt  uninstallalfresco.ico  awe.log     licenses               scripts     uninstall.datalfresco.log  bin         manager-linux-x64.run  share.log   webquickstart.logalfresco.sh   common      postgresql             solr.logamps          java        properties.ini         tomcat‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Postgresql is started when Alfresco start

 /etc/init.d/alfresco statustomcat already runningpostgresql already running/etc/init.d/alfresco stopUsing CATALINA_BASE:   /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcatUsing CATALINA_HOME:   /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcatUsing CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/tempUsing JRE_HOME:        /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/javaUsing CLASSPATH:       /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jarUsing CATALINA_PID:    /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/temp/catalina.pid/opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/scripts/ctl.sh : tomcat stoppedwaiting for server to shut down…. doneserver stopped/etc/init.d/alfresco startwaiting for server to start…. doneserver started/opt/alfresco-4.2.c/postgresql/scripts/ctl.sh : postgresql  started at port 5432Using CATALINA_BASE:   /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcatUsing CATALINA_HOME:   /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcatUsing CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/tempUsing JRE_HOME:        /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/javaUsing CLASSPATH:       /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jarUsing CATALINA_PID:    /opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/temp/catalina.pid/opt/alfresco-4.2.c/tomcat/scripts/ctl.sh : tomcat startednetstat -tupln | grep 8080tcp        0      0 :::8080                     :::*                        LISTEN      19309/javanetstat -tupln | grep posttcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5432              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      19288/postgrestcp        0      0 ::1:5432                    :::*                        LISTEN      19288/postgres‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

I intend to backup Alfresco daily by using Bacula, backup full entire /opt/alfresco-4.2.c directory on 1:00 AM Sunday and backup incremental on weekday (from Mon to Sat). Is it enough ? Do I have to stop Alfresco service before backup job run and start Alfresco service after backup job done ?

[mrogers]

I suggest you read the documentation for alfresco and PostgreSQL backup first.

You will need to fully stop alfresco and postgresql to do a file system level backup your way.