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more words about backing up
| author | Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net> |
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| date | Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:04:17 +0000 |
| parents | 679118b572d5 |
| children | 3230f9c88086 |
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--- a/doc/admin_guide.txt Tue Jan 08 20:58:31 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/admin_guide.txt Wed Jan 30 21:04:17 2008 +0000 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Administration Guide ==================== -:Version: $Revision: 1.25 $ +:Version: $Revision: 1.26 $ .. contents:: @@ -183,8 +183,15 @@ Tracker Backup -------------- -Stop the web and email frontends and to copy the contents of the tracker home -directory to some other place using standard backup tools. +The roundup-admin import and export commands are **not** recommended for +performing backup. + +Optionally stop the web and email frontends and to copy the contents of the +tracker home directory to some other place using standard backup tools. +This means using +*pg_dump* to take a snapshot of your Postgres backend database, for example. +A simple copy of the tracker home (and files storage area if you've configured +it to be elsewhere) will then complete the backup. Software Upgrade
