AW: [opencms-dev] System Recovery

[Frank Wunderlich]

Hi Ari,

Yes, backups are always a very, very good idea... ;-)

I have restored my system in the meantime (yessss!!)
Fortunatly I have had an older export of my project and the last
versions of my jsp-templates could still be found in the sync-folder.
Only the content-files were still missing...

It turned out, that those content-files had been archived in the
db-tables "CMS_BACKUP_FILES" and "CMS_BACKUP_RESOURCES" resp.
I wrote a short script that read them out and reconstructed the files
including their folderstructure. 

I am still a little surprised (in a very positive way), that those
backup-versions are kept there. 

Greetings,
Frank.

 
 
> Before you do anything else, back up your database.
> 
> Do you have a relatively recent backup of your database, 
> before the problem occurred?
> 
> If yes, try restoring it to another server and pointing to it.
> 
> In theory it should work.
> 
> Best
> Ari
> 
> --- 
> 
> From: "Frank Wunderlich" <k.frank.wunderlich at gmx.de>
> To: <opencms-dev at opencms.org>
> Subject: AW: [opencms-dev] System Recovery
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:37:59 +0200
> Reply-To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> I don't know why, but the online project shows the same error 
> messages like the offline version: file not found in /system/bodies...
> 
> Maybe this is so, because I published the project inbetween 
> to get rid of this crossed out folder in the explorer view...
> 
> The export folder does not contain any files either.=20
> 
> Regards,
> Frank.
> 
> >=20
> > Hi Frank,
> >=20
> > Have you ever published your project? If so, you could 
> export=20  your 
> >files and stuff from the online project, and import it=20  back into 
> >your Offline project. =20
> > Hope that helps,
> > Thomas Weckert
> > Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
> > http://www.alkacon.com=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: opencms-dev-admin at opencms.org=20
> > [mailto:opencms-dev-admin at opencms.org] Im Auftrag von Frank 
> Wunderlich
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Juli 2003 14:34
> > An: opencms-dev at opencms.org
> > Betreff: [opencms-dev] System Recovery
> >=20
> >=20
> > Hi all!
> >=20
> > I am just about to get a nervous breakdown.
> > After weeks of work on my new website project, I did a little=20
> > "cleanup work" today. The result: Me and OpenCMS have been=20
> > very,very thorough... all my content seems to be lost!!!!
> >=20
> > What I did?
> >=20
> > - I tried to rename the root folder of my project
> >=20
> > - The old folder was displayed "crossed out", and the new=20
> > folder appeared in the explorer view.
> >=20
> > - For some reason I decided to undo the changes (stupid me,=20
> > always so unsteady..), but renaming the new folder again=20
> > didn't work. OpenCMS
> > said: Resource already exists (Pfff...)=20
> >=20
> > - "Alright!", I thought, "if you are not willing, I will...=20
> > find another way.". So I tried to "undelete" the "old",=20
> > crossed out folder (that worked, or at least I thought so...)=20
> > and then to delete the one I just created.=20
> >=20
> > The problem: The undelete-operation restored the old=20
> > folder-hierarchy. But the deletion of the new folder also=20
> > destroyed all my content that was still linked from the just=20
> > recovered old folderstructure. All files under=20
> > "/system/bodies" are gone...
> >=20
> >=20
> > Has anyone any idea, how I can recover my system?=20
> > I have noticed that the table "cms_backup_files" still=20
> > contains some if not all of my content. But is there a way to=20
> > restore it?
> >=20
> > Many, many thanks in advance!
> > Frank.
> 
> 
> 
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