[Opensim-users] boredom and thinking

[Joshua Rubeck]

Hey Fleep,

Thanks for the info for that. Sorry to hear about fleep grid :(. I will be
sure to set up our system to run a mysql backup. Now I just need to figure
out how to access screens using an  automatic cron without terminating the
screen when it exits.

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Fleep Tuque <fleep513 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Joshua,
>
> It's already possible to backup your database (which includes user
> inventory) and take OAR snapshots of your regions, and these tasks can be
> scheduled and automated with the Task Scheduler in Windows and I'm assuming
> cron or something similar on unix.
>
> I used these terrific templates by WhiteStar Magic as the base for
> automating my backups on a Windows system, see:
> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Smart_Prestart_WIN
> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Backing_Up_WIN
>
> There are also other suggestions and more information for other OSs at
> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Backups
>
> I have things set to run nightly and then use a separate batch script to
> copy the backup files from my server to an external mounted drive, that way
> I have copies locally on the server as well as on another disk in case of
> disk failure (which happened to FleepGrid not too long ago, see
> http://fleepgrid.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/19/fleepgrid-provisionally-back-up-following-hard-disk-failure/ for
> the gory details of that experience).
>
> Essentially, what you want to do is already possible and can be scheduled
> and automated so you don't have to do it manually - although as anyone will
> tell you, setting up backups and never checking them is a recipe for
> disaster, so be sure to set it on YOUR calendar to periodically test your
> backups and make sure you can restore everything as you expect.
>
> If you need more help setting things up, be sure too to tell us more
> details about your system (grid or standalone, what OS, etc.) so we can
> provide better assistance.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> - Chris/Fleep
>
>
> Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque)
> Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research (UCSIM)
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>
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>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:46 AM, Joshua Rubeck <jrubeck1989 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I was browsing the opensimulator wiki trying to find a way to
>> automatically back up oars and other parts of a grid, and found an
>> interesting module idea for it called AutoBackup. I thought it was a pretty
>> neat idea sadly it looks like it was never fully complete and is outdated.
>> I made me wonder if maybe this is something that could be incorporated into
>> OpenSimulators core but cover more than regions, say user inventory. One of
>> the things I have issues with is if I make one mistake when updating from
>> one version of the software to the next I could loose all of my grids
>> content and the users arent happy about it too. I am sure others face this,
>> and its not fun losing hard work, also pretty easy to forget to backup one
>> region or one user. If it cant be incorporated into OpenSimulators core can
>> someone point me in the proper direction to learn the language for
>> OpenSimulator :P Cause I would like to try and develop it myself if at all
>> possible.
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