Re: [p4] Hot backup server on different os from main server?

Matt Janulewicz <[email protected]>
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Sambwise, on 2017/12/13 18:32:58 UTC, said:
>    It's worth trying.  The only possible wrinkle I can think of is that the Windows server lower-cases all of its archive files, and I'm not sure if running the Linux server in -C1 mode causes it to inherit that behavior in addition to forcing case-insensitive sorting on the db (I'm also not sure if the Windows server lowercases the lbrFile in its rev table, in which case it's moot).  I'd test it out and do a verify on the replica to see if all your files with capital letters in their names come up MISSING.
>     
You might(?) be able to mitigate any case-sensitivity issues by seeding the
replica with 'p4 verify -qt' instead of an rsync. I think in that case
the replica will do the right thing. Maybe ...

Still kinda sketchy, though!



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