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[Nmh-workers] (fwd) [Savannah-announce] New recovery process
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Paul Fox |
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[Nmh-workers] (fwd) [Savannah-announce] New recovery process |
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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:18:07 -0400 |
unless anyone's done nmh work since the 27th, it seems like maybe
we don't need to do anything at all.
paul
sylvain wrote:
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:10:54 +0200
> To: address@hidden
> cc: address@hidden
> From: Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden>
> Subject: [Savannah-announce] New recovery process
> Reply-To: address@hidden
>
> To make things easier, we'll eventually recover all CVS/SVN from the
> May 27 backup, except for repositories that were already re-imported.
>
> If you have a pending (non-processed) request about importing an
> earlier backup, we'll ask you confirmation.
>
> If you already imported and want to switch back to the May 27 backup,
> submit a new request, saying that you want to replace the current
> repository.
>
>
> Status:
>
> - CVS: right now we're dealing with data copies and data allocation
> delays, we'll get back to you within some hours
>
> - SVN: done
>
> - Git/Hg: we don't do anything right now; the new backup is still
> available in the backup-20090527 directory if necessary. Later we'll
> compare the last commit date with the May 27 backup, in case the
> project has no currently active admin and wasn't repushed yet.
>
> --
> The Savannah Hackers
>
> On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:53:56AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > Good news: we discovered a new backup from May 27th.
> > After tests, it appears to be a complete backup.
> >
> > We've added a new backup-20090527 directory.
> > It's available for cvs/svn/git/hg.
> >
> > We're replicating to the disk at the moment (right now it's a
> > read-only remote mount).
> >
> > If you want to use it instead of the April backup, you can modify your
> > support request.
> >
> > --
> > The Savannah Hackers
> > The FSF sysadmins
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 11:13:00AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > > In your requests, remember to specify:
> > > - name of the project
> > > - VCS type (CVS / SVN / both)
> > > - date of the backup to recover (April / May)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sylvain
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 07:15:48AM +0000, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The system is now completely functional.
> > > > It's time to decide what to do with your data.
> > > > (see first explanations at
> > > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/savannah-users/2009-05/msg00023.html)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Please discuss and send questions at address@hidden !
> > > >
> > > > For import requests: see below, you need to send a support request via
> > > > the web interface.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Basically your choices are:
> > > > a) you can use the backup from April 29
> > > > b) you can use our latest (incomplete) backup from May 29
> > > > c) you can import another backup you have
> > > > d) you can wait a few days until we possibly recover latest data from
> > > > the
> > > > crashes disk (nothing is sure though). More details about this later.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here's how do it for the various VCSs:
> > > >
> > > > * CVS:
> > > > a) The version from 29 April in the 'backup-20090429' subdirectory.
> > > > b) The version from 29 May in the 'backup-20090529-incomplete'
> subdirectory.
> > > > c) Upload your backup in your download area (SFTP) for us to import
> > > >
> > > > Access commands:
> > > > cvs
> -d:pserver:address@hidden:/sources/backup-20090429/your_project
> > > > co your_module
> > > > cvs
> > > >
> -d:pserver:address@hidden:/sources/backup-20090529-incomplete/your_pro
> ject
> > > > co your_module
> > > > rsync rsync://cvs.sv.gnu.org/sources/backup-20090429/your_project/
> > > > rsync
> > > > rsync://cvs.sv.gnu.org/sources/backup-20090529-incomplete/your_project/
> > > >
> > > > IN ALL CASES: post a support request, authenticated (i.e. login first)
> > > > at
> > > > https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=additem&group=administration
> > > > with
> > > > category "RECOVERY: CVS/SVN". Requests send by mail or in the wrong
> category
> > > > won't be processed.
> > > >
> > > > If after 2 weeks we didn't receive an answer for your project, we'll
> > > > reinstall the latest backup we have.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * SVN:
> > > > a) The version from 29 April in the 'backup-20090429' subdirectory.
> > > > b) The version from 29 May in the 'backup-20090529-incomplete'
> subdirectory.
> > > > c) Upload your backup in your download area (SFTP)
> > > >
> > > > Access commands:
> > > > svn co svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/backup-20090429/your_project
> > > > svn co svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/backup-20090529-incomplete/your_project
> > > > rsync rsync://svn.sv.gnu.org/svn/backup-20090429/your_project/
> > > > rsync
> > > > rsync://svn.sv.gnu.org/svn/backup-20090529-incomplete/your_project/
> > > > (if you get an error from this last one, it's probably corrupted)
> > > >
> > > > IN ALL CASES: post a support request, authenticated (i.e. login first)
> > > > at
> > > > https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=additem&group=administration
> > > > with
> > > > category "RECOVERY: CVS/SVN". Requests send by mail or in the wrong
> category
> > > > won't be processed.
> > > >
> > > > If after 2 weeks we didn't receive an answer for your project, we'll
> > > > reinstall the latest backup we have.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * Git:
> > > > a) We installed the version from 29 April.
> > > > b) You can attempt to recover from the partial 29 May backup:
> > > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/backup-20090529-incomplete/
> > > > c) You can push a local version if you have one (git push --all; git
> > > > push
> > > > --tags)
> > > >
> > > > You can import the repository directly, without our help.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * Mercurial:
> > > > a) We installed the version from 29 April.
> > > > b) We don't have a more recent backup
> > > > c) You can push a local version if you have one.
> > > >
> > > > You can import the repository directly, without our help.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * WebCVS:
> > > >
> > > > We plan to either recover the data from disk, or failing that, manually
> > > > commit the latest version at www.gnu.org and www.nongnu.org.
>
>
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