Regd restoration of alfresco from one machine to another

[dynamolalit]

Hi,

I am using Alfresco 3.1.1 with JBoss4.3.2 over RHEL 5.0 & JDK 1.5.1_20.We are following alfresco specified backup & restore policies @

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Backup_and_Restore


What i am doing is when system is running fine after thorough testing, i am taking backup of alf_data & db backup.But i am facing typical issue sometimes as after restoration of the same alf_data & backup on another machine with exactly same configurations, its not successful & some sandboxes are corrupted or something other going weird without any notice.What can be the reason?Should i take war as a backup also but that way restoration is lengthy & not user friendly.


Any idea how to reduce chances of failure & make backup & restoration 100% successful?

[mrogers]

The backup and restore policy is solid.

You need to give more details of your "weird" errors.

Here's a couple of thoughts.
Is your database backup a consistent snapshot?    On some DBs that can be tricky if the DB is under load.
Are your database settings such as collation order the same?