For more info, this is how we do backups:
http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Disaster_Recovery
On 20 November 2013 17:50, Mark H. Wood <mw...@iupui.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 01:45:45PM +0100, helix84 wrote:
> > Hi rocky,
> >
> > there two general approaches; AIP is available only in newer versions of
> DSpace.
> >
> > a) DB + assetstore + config + theme + customizations
> > b) AIP export
> >
> > I generally recommend the a) option (pg_dump for Postgres backup +
> > copy the other mentioned directories on the file-system level).
>
> If you are doing regular system backups, then everything but the
> database should be covered already. If you decide to rely on that,
> the simplest thing to do is just to pg_dump the database and leave the
> dump in the filesystem, where it would be picked up by your system
> backups.
>
> Be sure to properly secure database backups, since they contain user
> passwords. The passwords are hashed, but why make life for the bad
> guys any easier than we have to? AIPs can also contain password
> hashes and should likewise be secured.
>
> There's no point in backing up the DBMS' own files (for example
> /var/lib/postgresql/9.2/data/base/**) because there is no reason to
> believe that a file-wise backup of these is consistent at any point in
> time. pg_dump will do this properly. The backing-store files
> (data/base/**) will consume backup media and time but aren't really
> restorable.
>
> --
> Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mw...@iupui.edu
> Machines should not be friendly. Machines should be obedient.
>
>
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