| | Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Database and log file archival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | As this is a hot backup, and the databases may be modified during the copy, the utility you use to copy the databases must read database pages atomically (as described by Berkeley DB recoverability). |
 | | If the database log files are stored in a separate directory from the other database files, it may be simpler to archive the directory itself instead of the individual files (see the DB_ENV->set_lg_dir method for more information). |
 | | Log files which are not in use do not need to be included when creating a hot backup, and you can discard them or move them aside for use with previous backups (whichever is appropriate), before beginning the hot backup. |
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