[Opensim-users] How to set up autobackup

Mon Feb 23 11:11:43 UTC 2015

I had a typo in the last message; I had changed the time to 12 hours after
the test but before copy/pasting. The time is specified in minutes and for
1 hour it would be:

AutoBackupInterval = 60

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:56 AM, Dahlia Trimble <dahliatrimble at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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