[p4] Archive Repository on WIN

[Paul Smith]

Hi Todd,

> If I run the checkpoint, recover the checkpoint and run p4 verify on
> production all passes.  When I untar the repository and restore the
> checkpoint like to a test instance I get verify failures (MISSING!!
> tags). 
> 
> Two questions...anything else I should be doing in my backup processes
> to ensure I can recover from a disaster and what compression utilities
> are you using on WIN 2003 Servers to store and move around the
> repository?

Have you tried the Win32 native build of GNU tar, provided by the UnxUtils
project? If not, here's the link:

   http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils

The only step towards a better fail-safe would be to have a redundant
back-up server, configured with near-real-time journal replication. I don't
really recommended it as it seems overkill, but if you want to read up on
it, you can find Richard Baum's "Demystifying Perforce Backup and Near
Real-time Replication" presentation here:

    http://www.perforce.com/perforce/conferences/eu/2008/index.html

Hope that helps,

Paul