Nexus 3 backup via command line?

Question

In Nexus 3 backup procedure has changed.

In Nexus 2 recommended was to run a OS scheduled task / cron job to rsync some directories to a backup location.

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Answer 1

If you back up the entire data (sonatype-work) directory this should work as you wish. However, since the data directory is large and has many moving parts, it is safer to use the task, otherwise you may get copies of things in motion which could then corrupt and your backup would not work. The copy of the work directory as far as I know is only recommended for servers that are down, which isn't an option for many bigger companies.

Answer 2

Copying the entire folder did not work for me and resulted in orientdb problems. Last year I started to create N3DR. Version 3.5.0 has just been released.