[Koha] Database in specific directory & backup

[Fabio Tiana]

Hi there Andrea,

here you can find further information about the backup scripts of the Koha
package release (koha-dump and koha-run-backups):

http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Commands_provided_by_the_Debian_packages

They might be useful for your needs.

Regards,
Fabio


2014-02-26 22:34 GMT+01:00 Robin Sheat <robin at catalyst.net.nz>:

> Andrea Furin schreef op wo 26-02-2014 om 14:16 [+0100]:
> > 1. is it possible to save the koha database  in a specific directory,
> > like in home directory in a second hard drive?
>
> Yes, you can configure mysql however you like.
>
> > 2. for making regular backups is it better to have only one partition in
> > an hard drive (system + data) and create an image file of the hard disk
> > and save it in other storage devices instead of having an hard disk for
> > system and another for data? (i noticed that config files are in
> > different places in system partition)
>
> If you use the packages, then backups are made for you daily, they are
> put in /var/spool/koha. We also snapshot the drives themselves regularly
> to allow for a quick restore should we need it.
>
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