
MarkLogic 12 Product Documentation
admin:database-weekly-backupadmin:database-weekly-backup(
$backup-dir as xs:string,
$backup-period as xs:positiveInteger,
$days as xs:string+,
$start-time as xs:time,
$max-backups as xs:unsignedLong,
$backup-security-db as xs:boolean,
$backup-schemas-db as xs:boolean,
$backup-triggers-db as xs:boolean,
[$include-replicas as xs:boolean],
[$journal-archiving as xs:boolean],
[$journal-archive-path as xs:string],
[$lag-limit as xs:unsignedLong]
) as element(db:database-backup)
Summary
This function constructs a weekly scheduled backup specification.
| Parameters |
| backup-dir |
The directory where the backup will be saved to.
|
| backup-period |
How many weeks between each backup.
|
| days |
The day(s) of the week. Must be a sequence of zero
or more of monday, tuesday,
wednesday, thursday,
friday, saturday,
sunday.
|
| start-time |
A time for the scheduled backup to start.
|
| max-backups |
The maximum number of backups to keep in the backup
directory.
|
| backup-security-db |
Whether to backup the security database alongside the
current backup.
|
| backup-schemas-db |
Whether to backup the schemas database alongside the
current backup.
|
| backup-triggers-db |
Whether to backup the triggers database alongside the
current backup.
|
| include-replicas |
If set to false, do not include the replicas in
the backup. The default is true, which means to
include all replicas in the backup.
|
| journal-archiving |
Whether or not to enable journal archiving. Defaults to false.
|
| journal-archive-path |
Path for where archived journals are stored. Defaults to the backup data directory.
|
| lag-limit |
Maximum difference in seconds that the archived journal can lag behind its forest's active journal. Defaults to 900.
|
Example
xquery version "1.0-ml";
import module namespace admin = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/admin"
at "/MarkLogic/admin.xqy";
admin:database-weekly-backup("/backup-dir", 2, "monday",
xs:time("09:45:00"),10,true(),true(),true())
(: returns the weekly backup specification :)
Example
xquery version "1.0-ml";
import module namespace admin = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/admin"
at "/MarkLogic/admin.xqy";
admin:database-weekly-backup("/backup-dir", 2, "monday",
xs:time("09:45:00"),10,true(),true(),true(),false(),true(),"",500)
(: returns the weekly backup specification :)
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