Yep, super straight-forward, thanks a bunch! Guess I missed this piece of the wiki, looks like its going through alot of updates towards solr 1.4 release..
thanks, -Chak ryguasu wrote: > > The documentation could maybe be improved, but the basics of backup > snapshots with the in-process (Java-based) replication handler > actually seem pretty straightforward to me, now that I understand it: > > 1. You can make a snapshot whenever you want by hitting > http://master_host:port/solr/replication?command=backup > > 2. You can have automatically triggered snapshots at commit time or > optimize time by putting a backupAfter tag in the replication handler > section of your solrconfig.xml. > > (See http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrReplication) > > In neither case do you need to stop Solr or stop modifying your index > while the backup is in progress. > > Does anything in particular seem not straightforward? I guess there's > no built-in way to purge old indexes from disk; that's a little > inconvenient. > > If you want to use the command-line tools, I think those should be > totally compatible with the new (Java) replication tools. I don't know > as much about them, though. > > 2009/9/29 KaktuChakarabati <jimmoe...@gmail.com>: >> >> Hey, >> I noticed with new in-process replication, it is not as straightforward >> to >> have >> (production serving) solr index snapshots for backup (it used to be a >> natural byproduct >> of the snapshot taking process.) >> I understand there are some command-line utilities for this (abc..) >> Can someone please explain how to use these to take a snapshot >> of a solr index, assuming it is being used in production? what are some >> guidelines? should I stop >> other processes that might be issuing updates and/or comitts while taking >> it >> or is it atomic (e.g hard link )? >> >> would be nice to have this in wiki too i think for the benefit of other >> users, >> having regular backup snapshots seems critical.. >> >> Thanks, >> -Chak >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Index-backup-with-new-replication--tp25667145p25667145.html >> Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Index-backup-with-new-replication--tp25667145p25672927.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
