You can manage the backups by configuring the global properties of Alfresco Community. The global properties are defined in the alfresco-global.properties file, which is stored in <Alfresco Community installation directory>/tomcat/shared/classes.

 

The managing backups includes

Changing the location for storing backups

Actually there are two locations for storing the backups: one for backups of live documents, while the other - for backups of archived documents (documents become archived after deletion).

 

To change the locations for storing backups

  1. Stop Cameo Collaborator.

    1. Open <Alfresco Community installation directory> and double-click the manager-windows.exe file.
    2. In the Alfresco Community - 5.0.d dialog, click the Stop All button.

  2. Open for edit the alfresco-global.properties file.
  3. Append to the file the following lines:
    # the backup path
    solr.backup.alfresco.remoteBackupLocation=${dir.root}/solrBackup/alfresco
    solr.backup.archive.remoteBackupLocation=${dir.root}/solrBackup/archive

     

  4. Change the paths according to your needs.
  5. Save and close the file.
  6. Start Cameo Collaborator.

Changing the number of backups to keep

Changing the number of backups helps to save the disk space used for Cameo Collaborator. You can specify the number of backups to keep for the live documents as well as for the archived documents (documents become archived after deletion).

 

To change the number of backups to keep

  1. Stop Cameo Collaborator.

    1. Open <Alfresco Community installation directory> and double-click the manager-windows.exe file.
    2. In the Alfresco Community - 5.0.d dialog, click the Stop All button.

  2. Open for edit the alfresco-global.properties file.
  3. Append to the file the following lines:
    # the number of backups to keep
    solr.backup.alfresco.numberToKeep=3
    solr.backup.archive.numberToKeep=3

     

  4. Change the numbers of backups according to your needs.
  5. Save and close the file.
  6. Start Cameo Collaborator.

Turning off backups saving

We highly do not recommend to turn off the backups saving! Though this helps to save the disk space used for Cameo Collaborator, in case of critical error all projects and users may be lost forever.

To turn off the backups saving you must specify any year of the future, for example, 2099, as the year for starting to make backups.

 

To turn off backups saving

  1. Stop Cameo Collaborator.

    1. Open <Alfresco Community installation directory> and double-click the manager-windows.exe file.
    2. In the Alfresco Community - 5.0.d dialog, click the Stop All button.

  2. Open for edit the alfresco-global.properties file.
  3. Append to the file the following lines:
    #Effectively turn off solr backup
    solr.backup.alfresco.cronExpression=0 0 2 * * ? 2099
    solr.backup.archive.cronExpression=0 0 4 * * ? 2099

     

  4. Save and close the file.
  5. Start Cameo Collaborator.

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