Restore a Radio weblog from a server backup

I'm working on a Radio UserLand Kick Start chapter about backing up a weblog and restoring it over a new installation of the software.

I ran into a Catch-22 problem: You can't restore a weblog without updating Radio.root so that it is current, and doing that prevents the weblog from being restored correctly.

As it turns out, Radio creates a new www/backups folder when Radio.root is updated. When you try to restore a weblog, Radio sees this folder and uses its files, rather than looking on the Web server for the last real backup.

To fix the problem, update Radio.root, delete the new www/backups folder, and then restore the weblog.

Note: All Radio users should turn on nightly backups that upstream to the Web server. Otherwise, there's no hope of using this feature after disaster strikes.

Radio Userland · Salon Blogs · 2003/05/21 · 3 COMMENTS · Link

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The checkbox on the "backup" page you reference says that files will be copied to "the public server." Can you write a post on where exactly these files go, with mention for those of us who use Radio's FTP option and use our own server?

thanks,
Steven

#1 · steven vore · 2003/05/22

If the files are in www/backups and upstreaming is turned on, they'll be in the backups folder of the Web site (in other words, the home page URL with /backups tacked onto it). This folder will only be browsable if directory listings are permitted on your Web server.

#2 · Rogers Cadenhead · 2003/05/22

Rogers,

My laptop died two weeks ago(hence why my site has gone stale) -- and while I have a backup of the entire radio directory -- I am not looking forward to the re-install/restoration (if HP will ever deliver my replacement !@##). Your note on the subject is very timely to me.

Thanks

Jim

#3 · Jim Flowers · 2003/05/28