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Re: Moving Repositories to New Server

Author Andy Levy <andy dot levy at gmail dot com>
Full name Andy Levy <andy dot levy at gmail dot com>
Date 2009-01-13 07:43:42 PST
Message On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:42, Thomas Hemmer <themmer@go-engin​eering.de> wrote:
> Hmmm, Andy,
>
> but svndump doesn't take along authentication and authorization data,
> does it?!

No, because those aren't repository contents - they're configuration.
Just copy your config files.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andy Levy [mailto:andy dot levy at gmail dot com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:25 PM
>> To: James Green
>> Cc: users at subversion dot tigris dot org
>> Subject: Re: Moving Repositories to New Server
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:19, James Green
>> <James.Green@occa​m-dm.com> wrote:
>> >> Better to follow this procedure.
>> >> http://svnbook.red-b​ean.com/en/1.5/svn.r​eposadmin.maint.html​#s
>> >> vn.reposadmin.maint.migrate
>> >
>> > Hi Andy,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the email.
>> >
>> > I've just had a read through this link and I'm not sure
>> what I would
>> > gain by going through this process. Why would you prefer
>> this method
>> > over a plain copy?
>>
>> It's much safer and eliminates any chance of corruption due
>> to library & architecture differences. If you're upgrading
>> from an older version you can more easily take advantage of
>> newer features (better diff for storage, better compression, etc.).
>>
>> > I did a test on a small Repository copy. I then Relocated
>> my working
>> > copy to point to the new server and all was well, all the history
>> > (revision data) was present and correct in the new version.
>>
>> If you're using FSFS AND moving to the same or newer SVN
>> version AND no one is accessing the repository while you're
>> doing the copy (or you use hotcopy) AND moving to the same OS
>> & CPU architecture, then yes, this process will probably be OK.
>>
>> But a dump/load cycle will ALWAYS work out properly.
>>
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Moving Repositories to New Server "James Green" <James dot Green at occam-dm dot com> "James Green" <James dot Green at occam-dm dot com> 2009-01-13 04:10:14 PST
     Re: Moving Repositories to New Server "Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y)" <mihamina at lab dot vectoris dot fr> "Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y)" <mihamina at lab dot vectoris dot fr> 2009-01-13 04:26:14 PST
     Re: Moving Repositories to New Server Andy Levy <andy dot levy at gmail dot com> Andy Levy <andy dot levy at gmail dot com> 2009-01-13 05:35:12 PST
     RE: Moving Repositories to New Server "James Green" <James dot Green at occam-dm dot com> "James Green" <James dot Green at occam-dm dot com> 2009-01-13 07:19:13 PST
         Re: Moving Repositories to New Server obones Olivier Sannier 2009-01-13 07:22:40 PST
             RE: Moving Repositories to New Server "Thomas Hemmer" <themmer at go-engineering dot de> "Thomas Hemmer" <themmer at go-engineering dot de> 2009-01-13 08:24:53 PST
         Re: Moving Repositories to New Server Andy Levy <andy dot levy at gmail dot com> Andy Levy <andy dot levy at gmail dot com> 2009-01-13 07:24:47 PST
             RE: Moving Repositories to New Server "Thomas Hemmer" <themmer at go-engineering dot de> "Thomas Hemmer" <themmer at go-engineering dot de> 2009-01-13 07:42:42 PST
     RE: Moving Repositories to New Server "James Green" <James dot Green at occam-dm dot com> "James Green" <James dot Green at occam-dm dot com> 2009-01-13 07:38:04 PST
     Re: Moving Repositories to New Server Andy Levy <andy dot levy at gmail dot com> Andy Levy <andy dot levy at gmail dot com> 2009-01-13 07:43:42 PST
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