Re: Consistency checks / svnadmin dump/verify

hello Andreas,

many thanks for the quick answer. I found this link:

https://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svnadmin.c.verify.html

which states "... This basically iterates through all revisions in the 
repository by internally dumping all revisions and discarding the 
output—...".

which leads me to think that "svnadmin dump" does the same checks as 
"svnadmin verify".

Anyway, I do get your point that it is a good idea to "load" the repos 
every month
or so.

Many Thanks and Best Regards,

Felix

On 28.09.23 18:51, Andreas Stieger wrote:
>
> On 2023-09-28 17:28, Felix Natter wrote:
>> So the question is: Does "svnadmin dump" do some consistency checks
>> (like svnadmin verify does)?
>
>
> Probably not. Specifically it does not *test* that the dump can be
> loaded. Although that would certainly be a bug. I actually do not think
> that this is the best way of thinking about this. Maybe you should be
> thinking about "backup verification" instead? Start from the backup
> result (the compressed data), and regularly ensure it can be loaded and
> verified.
>
>
>> Regarding "svnadmin verify path/on/server": Can I be sure that
>> this does not modify the data?
>>
>
> It is read-only.
>
>
>> Or do I have to use "svnadmin load" (on another machine),
>> does "load" do more consistency checks?
>>
>
> I do recommend to use "svnadmin load" as a signal that the backup can
> actually be restored.
>
> Andreas
>
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