[Opensim-users] How to set up autobackup

Dahlia Trimble dahliatrimble at gmail.com
Mon Feb 23 10:56:04 UTC 2015


The AutoBackupModule is in OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.dll. I'm not sure
of the origins of the code, if it works properly, or if it is fully
implemented or maintained.

I added the following to the bottom of *OpenSim.ini* and it appears to work:

[AutoBackupModule]
AutoBackupModuleEnabled = true
AutoBackup = true
AutoBackupInterval = 720
AutoBackupSkipAssets = true
AutoBackupKeepFilesForDays = 5
AutoBackupDir = ../backups/

After an hour I found a oar file in the specified directory. There were
also console messages showing output from the save oar task.




On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:28 AM, Unadecal Arado <unadecal.arado at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello again Thomas, I managed to work this out. I rummaged through some
> txt files I have been collecting with various configuration hacks collected
> through chatting to other sim owners in OSGrid  and I found this:
>
>  [AutoBackupModule]
>
>  ;; default is module is disabled at the top level
>
>  AutoBackupModuleEnabled = true
>  AutoBackup = true
>  AutoBackupInterval = 1440
>  AutoBackupBusyCheck = true
>  AutoBackupNaming = time
>  AutoBackupDir = "D:\OARBackups\"
>  AutoBackupThreshold = 1
>
> I'm not sure what AutoBackupThreshold does, it might be an error in
> invoking AutoBackupdilationThreshold since it seems to be undocumented.
>
> At any rate, the key ingredient there seems to be AutoBackup = true to
> enable the feature. It started working after I added this.
>
> As a matter of interest, I run the base OS distro and the Metropolis
> distro, both at the 0.8.0.3 version level on Windows and there isn't a
> separate Autobackup module, but the feature works. Also, the Windows build
> seems to be happy with both UNIX and DOS style file paths.
>
> As an aside, I don't think that having autoBackup as an interval from
> uptime is the best way to go about this. It works if the sim is undergoing
> constant change and you set the intervals short enough, such as 30, 60 or
> 120 minutes. In any given day, then, you are bound to have several OARs,
> which is great.
>
> On the other hand, if the sim is fairly static or you are keen to minimize
> overheads and set the intervals to 12 or 24 hours because you don't need
> more than 1 or two OARs per day, using Autobackup might not work,
> particularly if the simulator restarts for whatever reason (most of my
> simulators are set to restart daily). In that case, Autobackup might chase
> a time interval which will never come.
>
> It would be great if we had a key called AutoBackupTime = hh:mm, which
> schedules a backup for hh:mm no matter what if set, and then at
> AutoBackupInterval after that. Yhis way, OAR generation might be more
> predictable at longer intervals.
>
> Unadecal
>
> On 23 February 2015 at 06:22, Unadecal Arado <unadecal.arado at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> [Update]
>>
>> I got curious, so I read the relevant Wiki pge (
>> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Feature_Proposals/AutoBackup), selected a
>> currently unused simulator running Metropolis 0803, which is the current
>> version, inserted  this section in the Opensim.ini file:
>>
>> [AutoBackupModule]
>>     AutoBackupModuleEnabled = true
>>     AutoBackupInterval = 10
>>     AutoBackupDir = /Googledrive/Opensim-005/Embassy/OAR/
>>     AutoBackupNaming = Time
>> AutoBackupBusyCheck=False
>>
>> I then restarted the simulator and verified that the AutoBackup
>> configuration had taken effect by way of the "config show" console command.
>> It all seemed set, but there are no backups taking place. I have no clues
>> to follow at this point since the log does not provide any details at all.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22 February 2015 at 22:22, Unadecal Arado <unadecal.arado at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure if your configuration is not being read correctly, which is
>>> strange because you reference AutoBackup config parameters in your
>>> StandaloneCommon.ini (I assume you include this file in your Opensim.ini)
>>> and also in your regions file.
>>>
>>> Have you tried adding these parameters directly into your Opensim.ini?
>>>
>>> You might also want to set AutoBackupBusyCheck=False, since it could
>>> also be that the module is procrastinating for some unknown reason.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>
>>> Unadecal
>>>
>>> On 22 February 2015 at 21:36, Thomas Ringate <tringate at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>   I can’t figure out what it is I am doing wrong.  I want to set up
>>>> autobackup but it is not working for me.
>>>>
>>>> I placed the following into my StandaloneCommon.ini file.
>>>>
>>>> [AutoBackupModule]
>>>>     AutoBackupModuleEnabled = true
>>>>     AutoBackupInterval = 30
>>>>     AutoBackupDir = /var/opensim/backup/OAR/test/
>>>>     AutoBackupNaming = Time
>>>>
>>>> My expectations were this would set this for all of my regions as their
>>>> default and if I wanted something different in a specific region I could
>>>> set new values in that region.
>>>>
>>>> I let the simulator run for a few hours and no OAR’s were created at
>>>> all.
>>>>
>>>> I then added the following to one of my regions.
>>>>
>>>> AutoBackupModuleEnabled = true
>>>> AutoBackupInterval = 15
>>>> AutoBackupDir = /var/opensim/backup/test/
>>>> AutoBackupNaming = Time
>>>>
>>>> Left my simulator run for a few more hours and still nothing was saved.
>>>>
>>>> Looking in my log file I only see the following.
>>>>
>>>> 2015-02-22 14:57:20,124 INFO  -
>>>> OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.World.AutoBackup.AutoBackupModule [AUTO
>>>> BACKUP]: AutoBackupModule enabled
>>>> 2015-02-22 14:57:20,128 DEBUG -
>>>> OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.World.AutoBackup.AutoBackupModule [AUTO
>>>> BACKUP]: Here is the default config:
>>>> 2015-02-22 14:57:20,130 DEBUG -
>>>> OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.World.AutoBackup.AutoBackupModule [AUTO
>>>> BACKUP]: AutoBackup: DISABLED
>>>> [AUTO BACKUP]: Interval: 720 minutes
>>>> [AUTO BACKUP]: Do Busy Check: Yes
>>>> [AUTO BACKUP]: Naming Type: Time
>>>> [AUTO BACKUP]: Backup Dir: .
>>>> [AUTO BACKUP]: Script:
>>>>
>>>> Searching my bin directory I do not see any file named IRegionAutoBackupModule
>>>> or anything even close.
>>>> I used the last zip file on OSGrid to build my simulator.  I am running
>>>> on Linux Fedora 21.
>>>> The simulator has been dormant for the entire testing.  Only logged in
>>>> once to make sure it was working.
>>>> I never say anything appear in the console window either.
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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