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14667 09/05/2014 10:43 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to backup files not in Time Machine: need to use 2 TB external hard drive instead of Time Machine drive because Time Machine drive does not have ~/Documents/BIEN/ in a location where it can be hardlinked against

14662 09/05/2014 08:48 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Datasource setup: For MS Access databases: added that one should use the settings in the associated .ini file where available

14661 09/05/2014 08:46 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Datasource setup: For MS Access databases: program link: added page subsections

14660 09/05/2014 07:44 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to backup files not in Time Machine: note that Time Machine dereferences hard links: added commands documenting that this is the case

14659 09/05/2014 05:12 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to backup files not in Time Machine: on first run, create parent dirs: added mkdir for Postgres

14658 09/05/2014 05:11 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: to backup files not in Time Machine: on first run, create parent dirs: mkdir: need sudo

14657 09/05/2014 05:07 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to backup files not in Time Machine: moved to root/ subdir to group the multiple top-level dirs together

14656 09/05/2014 04:53 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to backup files not in Time Machine: added the vegbiendev archival backups, which cannot be backed up by Time Machine because it dereferences hard links

14655 09/05/2014 04:12 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to backup files not in Time Machine: documented why Postgres cannot be backed up by Time Machine

14654 09/04/2014 11:52 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Single datasource refresh: added steps to place the updated extract and extracted flat file(s)

14653 09/04/2014 11:48 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Single datasource refresh: connect to vegbiendev first, even though steps before it have their own step to do this

14652 09/04/2014 11:47 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Single datasource refresh: reimport_scrub: added step to view progress

14651 09/04/2014 11:45 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Single datasource refresh: moved to top since these steps are performed more often

14639 09/04/2014 01:50 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Single datasource import: renamed to Single datasource refresh since it works on existing datasources

14638 09/04/2014 01:45 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Single datasource import: also need to reload staging tables

14637 09/04/2014 01:42 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Single datasource import: added steps to re-run geoscrubbing and back up the vegbiendev database

14627 08/29/2014 12:13 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

: renamed 2TB drive's BIEN3 partition to BIEN3.**SAVE since one might not see the SAVE file in it

14623 08/28/2014 11:42 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: also exclude *-files indicating the (differing) retention statuses of the partitions involved

14609 08/28/2014 08:57 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: renamed backup partition to BIEN3 to make clear what the backup drive contains

14608 08/28/2014 08:54 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: updated location of `screen` for added commands

14607 08/28/2014 08:53 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: added trailing / on dirs to make clear that they're dirs

14601 08/28/2014 05:47 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up vegbiendev: also back up /home/aaronmk/bien/ (instead of just symlinking to the local copy), since this can be done space-efficiently with hardlinks. this ensures that the vegbiendev backup will not be modified when the local copy of bien/ is.

14581 08/26/2014 03:47 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to backup files not in Time Machine: don't need to review diff because command is unidirectional

14580 08/26/2014 02:59 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: "repeat until only minimal changes" should refer to the first sync command

14574 08/25/2014 08:18 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up vegbiendev: use inplace=1 to speed stopping and resuming transfer

14573 08/25/2014 07:54 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: removed --extended-attributes (after initial sync) because rsync apparently has to visit every file for this

14572 08/25/2014 07:35 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: also need --extended-attributes

14571 08/25/2014 07:34 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: removed --delete-before now that that partition has been expanded

14570 08/25/2014 07:16 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up vegbiendev: exclude /var/lib/mysql.bak,postgresql.bak because the local machine doesn't need 2 copies of this information

14569 08/25/2014 07:05 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up vegbiendev: removed no longer needed exclude of Dropbox subdir backup

14568 08/25/2014 06:58 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up vegbiendev: also need to do steps under Maintenance > "to synchronize vegbiendev, jupiter, and your local machine" because /home/aaronmk/bien is not synced here

14567 08/25/2014 06:52 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: to back up vegbiendev: need `overwrite=1`

14566 08/25/2014 06:47 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up vegbiendev: removed no longer needed exclude of Dropbox subdir backup

14565 08/25/2014 06:46 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the version history: don't also need this on vegbiendev because it's already on jupiter and the local machine

14564 08/25/2014 06:43 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: to back up vegbiendev: need to include Postgres config files

14563 08/25/2014 06:24 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: don't back up temp files: added /.fseventsd/

14562 08/25/2014 05:54 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: initial runtime: use range instead because some of the later runtime might have been from the same files

14561 08/25/2014 05:52 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: updated initial runtime to include additional transferred files (17 h)

14560 08/25/2014 05:36 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: need to use --delete-before because the backup partition is near capacity

14559 08/25/2014 05:34 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: don't back up temp files such as /private/var/vm/*

14558 08/25/2014 05:30 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: back up most Dropbox/Postgres files before stopping processes, to minimize downtime

14557 08/21/2014 07:35 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: can't use ~ with --exclude

14555 08/21/2014 07:24 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: back up the non-Dropbox, non-Postgres files separately to minimize the Dropbox and Postgres downtime

14554 08/21/2014 06:03 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the vegbiendev databases: don't need to review diff for these as it's always unidirectional

14553 08/21/2014 05:55 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: added instructions to back up vegbiendev

14552 08/21/2014 05:12 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: also need to repeat backup command until only minimal changes

14551 08/21/2014 05:11 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: added step to stop Postgres

14550 08/21/2014 05:10 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: also need to stop Dropbox

14549 08/21/2014 05:06 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the local machine's settings: added step to remove .DS_Store

14548 08/21/2014 04:47 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's settings: Dropbox: shoudl not run with `del=`, because the backup should be an exact replica

14536 08/21/2014 08:38 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: To re-run geoscrubbing: updated runtimes

14531 08/20/2014 11:29 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: converted database commands to command-line commands to make them easier to run

14530 08/20/2014 11:28 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: converted database commands to command-line commands to make them easier to run

14447 08/10/2014 05:28 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: added steps to re-run geoscrubbing

14401 08/01/2014 04:22 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: added steps to restore from Time Machine

14400 08/01/2014 04:15 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: added steps to back up the local machine's hard drive

14399 08/01/2014 04:13 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to synchronize a Mac's settings with my testing machine's: renamed to "to back up the local machine's settings"

14398 08/01/2014 04:11 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to synchronize a Mac's settings with my testing machine's: removed download section because we don't use this

14197 07/20/2014 03:40 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: Full database import: added warnings that you should not run backups/pg_snapshot while the import is running, nor until the previous import has been replaced

14091 07/16/2014 05:05 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Notes on system stability: added warning that when shutting down the VM, one should always first stop Postgres, to prevent the OS from SIGKILLing it

14087 07/16/2014 03:24 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: Full database import: need nested shell to prevent errexit from closing the window

14079 07/15/2014 11:14 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: logs glob: don't unintentionally match . or ..

14077 07/15/2014 10:41 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: `make test by_col=1`: updated runtime (1 h)

13942 07/09/2014 02:13 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: to synchronize vegbiendev, jupiter, and your local machine: updated to new TWiki/ location

13941 07/09/2014 02:12 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: to synchronize vegbiendev, jupiter, and your local machine: updated to new VegBIEN/ location

13877 07/02/2014 02:17 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: Mac settings backup: backup to jupiter: need to exclude ~/software/**/.svn/ because these are different on jupiter

13876 07/02/2014 02:00 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Mac settings backup: backup to jupiter: removed no longer applicable exclude of /VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu/Ubuntu.vdi

13824 06/19/2014 02:33 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: Full database import: disk space: removed instructions to rerun the import if the disk space gets used up, because this is actually a bug and is not generally "fixed just by rerunning the import"

13797 06/18/2014 03:12 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/Makefile, /README.TXT: PostgreSQL: Mac OS X: switched to using homebrew, which supports PostGIS

13764 06/13/2014 05:51 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: Installation: Check out svn: need to use trunk instead of root

13763 06/13/2014 05:49 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

*: use vegbiendev:/home/bien instead of /home/bien/svn

13742 06/13/2014 10:51 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Mac settings backup: to Dropbox: stop Dropbox beforehand to prevent Dropbox from trying to capture filesystem events while syncing

13741 06/13/2014 10:18 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Mac settings backup: exclude ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/9oo8rcyn.default/global-messages-db.sqlite because this file does not sync (issue #907)

13594 06/02/2014 05:25 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: Full database import: To run TNRS: to rescrub all names: also need to re-create public-schema views that were cascadingly deleted

13593 06/02/2014 05:23 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: To run TNRS: added steps to rescrub all names

13494 05/20/2014 02:39 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the vegbiendev databases: added step to review diff before performing backup, in case the backup scripts break and try to synchronize things incorrectly

13466 05/17/2014 03:40 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Maintenance: added steps to back up the vegbiendev databases

13429 05/09/2014 07:27 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: for test import, turn off DB backup: added () after after_import to show that it's a function

13428 05/09/2014 07:24 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: refer to the shell instead of screen because it's also possible to use a nested shell for this

13427 05/09/2014 02:51 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: Full database import: to import just a subset of the datasources: need to set @inputs separately from declaring it, because declare does not support () on Mac

13426 05/09/2014 02:16 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: Full database import: on local machine: need to allow logging output to go to log files

13425 05/09/2014 02:05 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: for test import, added step to turn off DB backup

13424 05/09/2014 01:48 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: Full database import: setting $version: moved to inside screen to avoid affecting the outer shell

13423 05/09/2014 01:46 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: screen: added alternative for a small import (just use nested shell)

13422 05/09/2014 01:42 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: Full database import: clear any limit set in .profile: moved to inside screen because it must happen within screen to avoid affecting the outer shell

13421 05/09/2014 01:40 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: Full database import: added step to clear any limit set in .profile (applicable to local machine)

13341 04/29/2014 09:33 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: Mac backup: exclude ~/VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu/Ubuntu.vdi, to avoid it being re-uploaded twice each time, due to an rsync verification error (https://projects.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas/issues/907)

13337 04/29/2014 04:42 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: changed "then rerun with l=1 ..." to "then review diff, and rerun with `l=1` prepended" to ensure that user reviews diff before syncing

13336 04/29/2014 04:40 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to synchronize a Mac's settings with my testing machine's: removed separate step to upload just the VirtualBox VMs, because that is now part of the main upload

13335 04/29/2014 04:40 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: to synchronize a Mac's settings with my testing machine's: need to sync VirtualBox VMs with inplace=1 because they are very large files

13333 04/29/2014 03:26 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the version history: back up first on the local machine, because often only the svnsync command gets run, and that way it will get backed up immediately to Dropbox (and hourly to Time Machine), while vegbiendev only gets backed up daily to tape

13332 04/29/2014 03:23 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: to back up the version history: use absolute path for vegbiendev commands because the Ubuntu 14.04 version of rsync doesn't expand ~ properly

13331 04/29/2014 02:36 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: to back up the version history: use $HOME to make paths platform-independent

13284 04/22/2014 08:14 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: use `sudo -u ... -i` instead of `sudo su - ...` to avoid using two commands to accomplish the login

13119 04/10/2014 03:13 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

bugfix: /README.TXT: Full database import: to import just a subset of the datasources: array env var needs to be set after opening the `screen` shell because array vars are apparently not inherited by the `screen` shell

13118 04/10/2014 02:42 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: to import just a subset of the datasources: added step to set custom import name

13117 04/10/2014 02:41 PM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: added instructions for importing just a subset of the datasources

13031 04/02/2014 11:17 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: disk space: added high-water mark of 1.8 TB @11:15:05

13030 04/02/2014 10:56 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

/README.TXT: Full database import: added steps to figure out which datasource tables were not successfully imported due to disk space errors

13029 04/02/2014 10:45 AM Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza

fix: /README.TXT: Full database import: moved verification of exit statuses before verification of DB contents because there is no point in verifying the DB if the datasources didn't finish importing