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Re: Rebuilding server
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Donald Sharp |
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Re: Rebuilding server |
Date: |
Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:20:21 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.2.4i |
1) Lock the repository down.
2) Back the repository up( your tar example is one method )
3) rebuild server
4) unbackup the repository in the apropriate place
5) Unlock the repository.
donald
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 06:40:53PM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>
> I'm looking at a server (machine) rebuild. How can I preserve my
> CVS tree(s)? I don't know if it's as simple as tarring up my entire
> /CVS directory, then untarring it when I'm done
> (formatting/reinstalling/blah/blah), or what else is involved. I must
> maintain all of the version histories on everything, branches and all.
> I know I can't just checkout everything, then re-import after the
> rebuild because that'll skew the file versioning. So, what's the proper
> way of doing this?
>
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