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Saving, Autosave, Backups etc
I run a small facility with lots of different project files from lots of applications on lots of machines. Over the years I have come up with a backup strategy for not getting stuck in the brown stuff. This involves a combination of batch files that auto run on startup, the use of online backup accounts and removable drives. We were really quite safe, until Davinci!
The manual doesn’t really go into great detail on how to do the backend administration and keep everything safe.
As far as I can tell, there is no file I can just pickup and backup. There is a database that I can navigate to in an admin tool (pgadmin) and export, but how could I go about automating that process? Also, it seems that all projects are contained within that one database, so if that database goes corrupt we lose everything?
On the autosave side, it seems that only one version is ever kept. So, unlike Avid, FCP and Protools, it’s not possible to “step back in time” if you realise you have made a drastic error some hours before?
Is there any help with this essential side of things?
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I’m also interested in how other people deal with this.
We have 2 new DaVinci systems and I’m still trying to figure out a backup routine. Another thing I’ve come up against is trying to move projects between the two DaVinci’s
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FCP and Avid Technical Support
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The database backup is definitely scriptable. You can look for postgres documentation for the pg_dump command.
Also – it’s always a good idea to use multiple databases. You don’t have to store all the projects in one single database. You can choose to divide it by project/month, etc.
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Thanks Rohit. I will brush up my terminal skills!
Do you know if there is any “attic” or “autosave vault” style history? So far it seems that the autosave is simply saving the current version…
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This is not possible currently.
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8.0 also has a one button based database backup and restore feature which will be helpful for many users.
I also will by the end of the month publish a how to make a Mac database server for those who want to share projects between two Macs.
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Peter, that just rocks!
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El Mundo Bueno Studios
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http://www.EMBstudios.com
Emeryville, CA
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