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Moving from SVN to HG : branching and backup

My company runs svn right now and we are very familiar with it. However, because we do a lot of concurrent development, merging can become very complicated.. We've been playing with hg and we really like the ability to make fast and effective clones on a per-feature basis. We've got two main issues we'd like to resolve before we move t...

SQLServer 2008 : Name of backup file

Hello I have a SQL server 2008 and I would change the name of the backup file. I use an SSIS package to perform my backups. The file's name looks like [DATABASE_NAME]_backup_YYYY_MM_DD_XXXXXX_XXXXXX This is automatically generated by SqlServer, and I want to remove the "_". How I can modify this ? Thank you in advance, Andy. ...

SQL Server Backup Set "Description"

When manually backing up a database in SQL Server 2008, there is an area to enter a Description for the backup set (below Name) But how do I review the description when restoring a database? ...

Backwards-compatible BackupAgent

I am looking into using the new Backup API that available since Android 2.2, but need to maintain backwards compatibility (to 1.5 to be exact). The docs state: The backup service and the APIs you must use are available only on devices running API Level 8 (Android 2.2) or greater, so you should also set your android:minSdkVersion att...

Solr Incremental backup on real-time system with heavy index

Hi to all! I implement search engine with solr that import minimal 2 million doc per day. User must can search on imported doc ASAP (near real-time). I using 2 dedicated Windows x64 with tomcat 6 (Solr shard mode). every server, index about 120 million doc and about 220 GB (total 500 GB). I want to get backup incremental from solr in...

How to parse the Manifest.mbdb file in an iOS 4.0 iTunes Backup

In iOS 4.0 Apple has redesigned the backup process. iTunes used to store a list of filenames associated with backup files in the Manifest.plist file, but in iOS 4.0 it has moved this information to a Manifest.mbdb You can see an example of this file by making a backup with your iOS 4.0 devices and looking in your ~/Library/Applicatio...

Database Backup Robocopy

I have job that runs every 15 minutes that uses robocopy to copy a backup of the tranaction logs to a different server. This job is failing USER has full access rights to both home folder and the destination folder. JOB SQL: robocopy "e:\Backup\SQL02$PROD" "\SERVER\DRIVE$\prod\sql\backup\" /MIR /E /Z /NS /NFL /NDL /NJH /NP /R:10 /W:...

Write mysql blob object in a sql file as BackUp.

I am using PHP and mysql. I am logging mysql query with data in a separate file which extension is sql. (filename.sql). Purpose is I can use this sql log file as backup file. Logging varchar,int values with query is working fine. SQL log file looks as sql backup file which is created by mysqldump hence I can use sql log file as SQL scri...

SQL Server 2008 backup tutorial

Hello everyone, I am using SQL Server 2008 Enterprise. I am looking for a database backup tutorial for a newbie. There are some good documents on MSDN which are about backup theories (e.g. different types of backup). What I am looking for and asking here is a step-by-step tutorial which is more practical (e.g. describe which option in G...

How to go back in Eclipse?

Is there a way to go back in Eclipse? Basically, when I'm jumping around a big project following the execution flow (ctrl + click and etc.), is there a way to retrace a step? If my code calls a method and I go to the method definition, is there a key combination that will take me back to the calling code? ...

PHP Database Dump Script - are there any issues?

Hey everyone, I found a PHP function to dump a mySQL database that someone else had written, and then cleaned it up and formatted it a bit. I wanted to know if I could get a critique of it. I have ran it, tested it on a Wordpress blog and the DB completely restores, but wanted to get some other eyes on the code. Specifically I am looki...

simple & fast sql server database backup and restore

Hi, I'm looking for a simple (simplest if possible) way of backing up and restoring a database. I want to do a backup in one state and then after doing some operations get back to the backed up state. Tried Database->Tasks->Back Up... and then Database->Tasks->Restore but I always get an error with: Restore failed for...DBName The t...

Coldfusion and mySQL - seeking recommendations for general and off site backup strategy

CF9, Windows Server 2008 Standard, IIS7, mySQL 5.1.48 community. I have managed to get CF to take a database mySQLdump which I was going to run as a nightly cfschedule task, with a server time based lock on the application controlled in application.cfc That will get me a local copy, but whats the best strategy to encrypt the datadump....

incremental backup of folder in linux whilst retaining attributes/ownership

I'm trying to backup a folder (e.g) /web/sites to /backups/websites and retain attributes, etc. cp -Rp retains the information, yet isn't incremental rsync -va seems to be great for incremental yet doesnt retain the attr/owner Is it possible to tar, and pipe it through and untar whilst retaining attr/owner, if so, how can I do this? ...

Taking mysql data backup with php5

I am using php5 and mysql5.- in my local server I want to take mysql database backup ( in my local server ) - just by copying the datafile ( located in mysql server in the folder data ) I have copied a particular table name account.frm file - but it is not working It is showing the table name but it is showing error that ( I check...

BACKUP failed to complete the command BACKUP DATABASE

BACKUP failed to complete the command BACKUP DATABASE ... WITH DIFFERENTIAL. Check the backup application log for detailed messages. I see this message in SQL Server log file viewer. Where is the backup application log? ...

Backup for OracleAS Portal

Hello everybody! I am new to Oracle and I've developed an Oracle Portal using OracleAS Portal 10g release 2 (10.1.4). I need to move the application on another computer, and I was thinking of copying it on a CD but no matter I've tried I wasn't able to find the portal pages, nor the images or documents that I've included. Can anybody h...

oracle rman simple backup

Hi I would like to backup an Oracle 10G as simple as possible. It is in NOARCHIVELOG mode and I can shut down for backup (it is only a development server). After reading tons of documentation abour rman I tried this way in rman: shutdown immediate; startup mount backup database; sql 'alter database open'; As I see it works fine, lis...

GitHub and Source Code Protection and Control

Hey Guys! I am working in a small startup organization with approximately 12 - 15 developers. We recently had an issue with one of our servers where by the entire server was "Re provisioned" i.e. completely wiped of all the code, databases, and information on it. Our hosting company informed us that only someone with access to the ser...

Writing a simple backup script in bash and sending echo output to email.

Hi all. I've written a script that backs up my financial spreadsheet document to another hard drive and another computer. I have also set up my server with email to send cronjob messages to my email instead of system mail. In my script I can't figure out how to use if then to check date of backed up file and current date. Here is the...