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Hot copy back up and restore

Perform back up and restore operations while the server is running.
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Perform the hot backup and restore operations for your Unity Version Control (UVCS) server. Both of these operations require you to enter read-only mode.
Note
You can also create a hot copy with 
rdiff
.

Backup

  1. Set the UVCS server to read-only mode (
    cm admin readonly enter
    ).
  2. Backup the Jet content. You can find the content in the 
    basepath
    parameter specified during the database setup (check the 
    jet.conf
    file).
  3. Leave read-only mode (
    cm admin readonly leave
    ).

Restore

  1. Set the UVCS to read-only mode (
    cm admin readonly enter
    ).
  2. Restore all the backup files to the path you configured (remember to set the path in the 
    jet.conf
    file).
  3. Leave read-only mode (
    cm admin readonly leave
    ).
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