Thanks for the info. I have used hotcopy command and that worked fine for a backup.
On Monday, October 7, 2013 3:37:07 PM UTC-4, rvaede wrote: > > > > I am confused on how to backup my repositary. > There is an /export/svn directory that holds all the projects > directories, hook, format lock, db etc... its about 14 GB > > I did do a svnadmin dump /export/svn > /test/file.dump > > and I get a very small file, I restored it and it consists of hook, > format, lock, db, conf and its about 304 KB > > What am I doing wrong? > > > >