• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• OPTIONS

NAME

backup_communiware - dumps Communiware database

SYNOPSIS

backup_communiware [-d] [-n]

DESCRIPTION

This script is to be called from cron(8) and backs up Communiware database. Its work a bit differs in case Of Oracle and PostgreSQL servers.

Oracle

Script saves five data objects:

data

``Main'' Communiware schema and data (except search tables). It is dumped via Oracle exp utilite as well as following item.

search

Schema and data of mnogosearch Oracle user.

passwds

Uncripted Communiware users passwords, output of Communiware dump_passwd utilite.

pictures

tar-ed content of Communiware pictures directory, all pictures, style sheets, binary files etc related to items.

PostgreSQL

Script saves four data objects:

data

``Main'' Communiware schema and data (except search tables data). It is dumped via pg_dump utilite.

search

Only data of search related tables, format of pg_dump.

passwds, pictures

Exactly the same as for Oracle.

All saved files are stored in directory BACKUPDIR set during installation. They names have prefix derived from time of backup start. All of them are compressed via one of gzip or bzip2 compressor, so they have suffix .gz or .bz2.

OPTIONS

-d <dirname>

Set alternate locations for stored files.

-n <ncopies>

Set number of ``old'' copies. Default - 5.