diff doc/admin_guide.txt @ 3959:f764931f2c67

more words about backing up
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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
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 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.
 
 
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