How do I back up a remote SVN repository

Question

I am currently moving my SVN server from my home server to my remote server so I can access it more easily from other locations. My remote server is not backed up so I want

Answer 1

To expand on Stefans answer, here are some windows batch scripts to help automate the process a little.

svn-backup-init.bat

@echo off
set /P directory="Local Directory: "
set /P URL="Svn URL: "

echo "Running SVN backup";

@echo on
svnadmin create %directory%
echo exit 0 > %directory%\hooks\pre-revprop-change.bat
svnsync init file:///%directory% %URL%
svnsync sync file:///%directory%**strong text**

This script will create the svn repo, and check it out and do a sync immediately. When you run the script just enter the directory to put the repo locally and the URL of the server to use.

svn-backup-run.bat

for /d %%i in (%~dp0*) do ( svnsync sync file:///%%i ) 

This will loop through each directory and run the svnsync command. If you have multiple repos, check them out into the same folder. This can then easily be added as a Task in windows to update all your repos at once.

Folder Structure

I use a folder structure as such:

.
├── svn-backups
|   ├── repo-1
|   ├── repo-2
|   ├── repo-3
|   ├── svn-backup-init.bat
|   └── svn-backup-run.bat