Check this link out: http://msmvps.com/blogs/rexiology/archive/2006/05/03/93203.aspx It has some useful information.
When you load the SVN dump file into the new repo, you can pass the --force-uuid parameter It should load the uuid from the other repository. Mark -----Original Message----- From: K F [mailto:cmkfo...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 1:34 PM To: users@subversion.apache.org; Thorsten Schöning Subject: Re: New Server because of Crash --- On Tue, 12/6/11, Thorsten Schöning <tschoen...@am-soft.de> wrote: > From: Thorsten Schöning <tschoen...@am-soft.de> > Subject: Re: New Server because of Crash > To: users@subversion.apache.org > Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 4:19 PM Guten Tag K F, am Dienstag, > 6. Dezember 2011 um 16:58 schrieben Sie: > > > The backups were done using svn dump. > > This means you have to manually create each repository and copy all > hooks, configurations etc. from the old server. On svnadmin load you > have to take special care on using the old uuids for the new > repositories or all working copies need to get checked out, I think, > not even switch --relocate works anymore. > > > The new server is planned to > > be named the same. Does that mean the switch wouldn't > need to be done? > > I think so, if you use the same uuids for your newly created > repository as the old ones used. > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, > > Thorsten Schöning > How would I get the uuid's. We have the dump, but I believe that is it. Can the uuids be obtained from them, would it be simpler to just have everyone do a new checkout?
