I installed VisualSVN Server on Windows Server 2008. Now I would like to create a repository backup plan. My intention is to create full hotcopy bakcup (using svnadmin hotcopy and then incremental backups. How to do a incremental backup using svnadmin.exe? Or should I take only svnadmin dump backups?
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Use the following command for that:
svnadmin dump --incremental repository >result.inc
What size are you repositories? It's really worth the effort to create incremental backups instead full backups? BTW: an svnadmin dump --help had helped.
khmarbaise
2010-10-20 13:23:51
Thanks, our repository is not large. But I was thinking that is hotcopy preferred over taking dump backups?
atricapilla
2010-10-20 13:32:13
personally i prefere dump files over hotcopy...but depending on the size you come to point where you need to do it via htocopy instead...Many people using hotcopy...May be might a btter idea to make a stand-by-server which is update via svnsync (by every commit)...so the stand-by-server can be backup'ed independent of the production server. In case of an emergency you can use the stand-by-server to continue working.
khmarbaise
2010-10-20 13:40:52