[mapguide-users] Move Default Repository Location?

Andy Morsell amorsell at spatialgis.com
Thu Oct 2 15:15:12 EDT 2008 

If it were me I would backup the DataFiles directories.  But, if it is
prohibitively large, I suppose you could do what you say as long as you can
manually figure out what goes where.

No, there's probably no real benefit to backing up the Sessions directory.

Andy 



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Hello Andrew,

Thanks for the reply.

What is your opinion of not backing up the datafiles (C:/Program
Files/MapGuideOpenSource2.0/Server/Repositories/Library/DataFiles/)? Reason
I ask, is this directory is rather large and the data I use is just a copy
from the data created in other applications (namely Civil3D and ArcMap). I'm
thinking as long as I put the shapefiles back in the correct directory, I
won't have any issues with broken links.

Lastly, is there a benefit to backup the Sessions directory (C:/Program
Files/MapGuideOpenSource2.0/Server/Repositories/Session/)? I thought this is
more like temporary files which gets created by the MapGuide clients. So
when the client logs off the MapGuide Server, the session ends and any
temporary files are removed from the Session directory.

Again thanks for the help,

Jeff Jensen

Andy Morsell wrote:
> 
> Yes, those steps will work fine.  I just backup my repositories as part of
> an everyday disk backup and then can restore if needed.  I have had to do
> this more than once.. Yes, stop the MapGuide Server service first and then
> restart once restored. 
>  
> You may also want to look at the various scripts in the
> Server\RepositoryAdmin folder.  There is a PDF in there that describes the
> scripts.
>  
> On a related note, I have a client that has been migrating a huge MapGuide
> 6.5 application to MGOS.  Despite repeated warnings to backup their
> repositories nightly, they neglected to implement a backup procedure.
> Somehow their repositories became corrupted beyond the point of being
> repaired and after a day or so of panic, they finally had to accept the
> fact
> that they had lost about 150 man hours worth of work and had to start
> over.
> Ouch.
>  
> Andy Morsell, P.E.
> Spatial Integrators, Inc.
> www.SpatialGIS.com
>  
> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of JeffJensen
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:20 AM
> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] Move Default Repository Location?
>  
> Hello MapGuide Open Source Users, 
> To backup MapGuide Server, do you see any issues if I copy the
> Repositories
> directory? Then if I have problems, just restore that directory? 
> This is the steps I'm plan on doing: 
> 
> How to backup the Resources Database
> 
> *	Step 0: confirm the path to the resources 
> *	Login to MapGuide Site Administrator
> (http://localhost:8008/mapguide/mapadmin/login.php) 
> *	on the left hand frame, under Manage Servers, click Configure
> Services 
> *	Under the Resource Service heading, note the path for 
> *	Library data file folder 
> *	Library repository folder 
> *	Session data file folder 
> *	Session repository folder 
> *	Site repository folder 
> *	Installation default is to put all these folders under the
> C:/Program Files/MapGuideOpenSource2.0/Server/Repositories directory 
> *	Step 1: Stop the MapGuide Server Service (Use Control Panel ->
> Administrative Tools -> Services -> MapGuide Server v2.0) 
> *	Step 2: copy/backup or paste/restore the C:/Program
> Files/MapGuideOpenSource2.0/Server/Repositories directory 
> *	Change the directory if different from Step 0 
> *	Step 3: Start the MapGuide Server Service (Use Control Panel ->
> Administrative Tools -> Services -> MapGuide Server v2.0) 
> *	Notes 
> *	This will overwrite any changes to the User accounts as well 
> *	This will backup/restore the Session Repository/Storage Container 
> *	This will backup/restore the Library Repository/Storage Container 
> *	This will backup/restore the Resource Data/Data Files (e.g. shp,
> sdf, ...) 
> 
> Thanks for the help, 
> Jeff Jensen 
> shaneb wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the help. I had a bad directory name, and it really
> helped that Andy mentioned the MG Service won't start if this happens.
> ________________________________ From:
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> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Andy Morsell
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:10 PM To: 'MapGuide Users Mail List'
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] Move Default Repository Location? This
> brings
> up another point some people may not be aware of: if you mess up one of
> the
> paths in Admin and then restart the service, it will fail to start. To fix
> this, your only option is to manually edit the
> \Server\Bin\serverconfig.ini
> file (something Jason originally pointed out to me). Andy
> ________________________________ From:
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> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jason Birch
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:01 AM To: MapGuide Users Mail List
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] Move Default Repository Location? Yeah.
> Personally, I find it "feels better" to stop the service, change the
> config
> file manually, and then restart the service. I hate changing something
> when
> it's running and responding to requests, etc. Jason
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