Subversion server + windows + backup
So you want to backup your repository?
Unfortunately you cannot do a straight backup of your repository as someone may have a file open/locked which will cause problems on restore. So you should do a “hot copy” to prevent any locking issues when the actual backup is made. My “hot copy” is created using the following batch file:
REM Reset hot copy rmdir /S /Q c:\\svnrepos_hotcopy mkdir c:\\svnrepos_hotcopy REM Initiate SVN backup. Use svadmin hotcopy --help for details svnadmin hotcopy c:\\svnrepos c:\\svnrepos_hotcopy --clean-logs
I run this batch file daily as a scheduled task before the actual backup.
This batch file is a modification of the batch file described over at: