Re: Backup Akonadi data

On Friday 08 October 2010 16:29:43 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 07 October 2010 22:26:46 David Goodenough wrote:
> > On Thursday 07 October 2010, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Thursday 07 October 2010 12:40:37 David Goodenough wrote:
> > > > If I want to move from one machine to another, but keep all my
> > > > address book info etc (and in future all my emails), is there a
> > > > backup/restore facility in Akonadi?  If not I would suggest that one
> > > > is needed - is there any documentation as to what gets stored where
> > > > so that one
> > 
> > could
> > 
> > > > be written?
> > > > 
> > > > Similarly if I want to synchronise my akonadi data between say a
> > > > laptop and a desktop is there a way to do this?
> > > 
> > > I think you'll find the answers you need in
> > > http://userbase.kde.org/Akonadi_and_AddressBook - it was written by one
> > 
> > of
> > 
> > > the addressbook developers.
> > > 
> > > > Also is the format the same independent of the database that is used.
> > > > If so can this be used to migrate from MySql to Postgresql?
> > > 
> > > I believe some people do use Postgresql.  There is no migration path as
> > > such, though, to my knowledge.  It is expected that if you want to do
> > > that you will know what needs doing.
> > > 
> > > Anne
> > 
> > OK, so now I know which page you were talking about.  What this seems to
> > say is that such things as backup are not really part of the plan.  There
> > are bits and pieces all over the place, and even this addressbook
> > developer does not know what the plan is, or even if there is one. 
> > Frankly having read it I am only a little closer to what is needed.
> > 
> > As to doing the migration oneself, without knowing how the application
> > uses the data you can only make assumptions about how to move it.
> > 
> > Many users started with the non-Akonadi storage, were forced to MySql
> > as it was the only option, and now want to reduce their DB manager count
> > back to their preferred DB option - in my case Postgresql.
> > 
> > If there is no utility I will write one, but it will be written in my
> > preferred language - Java.  Then I will publish it and the community can
> > do with it what they like.  But it would be so much easier if there was
> > some kind of document that described the data and how it was used.
> > Lacking that I will guess but it will slow me down.
> 
> And frankly you are making unsubstantiated complaints about the developers,
> to whom you have not talk, not hear speak, and wouldn't listen to if you
> did. There are not, for a start, bits and pieces all over the place.  The
> data is stored according to an ISO - I don't recall the number - unlike
> earlier versions.  I've no doubt that someone will write about using
> Postgreslql at some point, but you would be wiser to learn to understand
> the system as it is set up by default before trying to be clever and write
> your own version. After all, it is only 4 years or so that a team of
> developers, some of them full-time on this project, have been working on
> it, so go ahead.  Write your this weekend.
> 
And, by the way, there is a clear "Search" box on UserBase - at the top of the 
sidebar.  Try typing "akonadi" there.

Anne
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