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+====== Trac Backup ======
+[[:[TracGuideToc]]]
+Since Trac uses a database backend, some extra care is required to safely create a backup of a [[:TracEnvironment|project environment]]. Luckily, [[:TracAdmin|trac-admin]] has a command to make backups easier: `hotcopy`.
+  //Note: Trac uses the `hotcopy` nomenclature to match that of [[http://subversion.tigris.org/|Subversion]], to make it easier to remember when managing both Trac and Subversion servers.//
+===== Creating a Backup =====
+To create a backup of a live TracEnvironment, simply run:
+<code>
+  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv hotcopy /path/to/backupdir
+</code>
+[[:TracAdmin|trac-admin]] will lock the database while copying.''
+The resulting backup directory is safe to handle using standard file-based backup tools like `tar` or `dump`/`restore`.
+==== Restoring a Backup ====
+Backups are simply a copied snapshot of the entire [[:TracEnvironment|project environment]] directory, including the SQLite database.
+To restore an environment from a backup, simply stop the process running Trac (i.e. the Web server or [[:TracStandalone|tracd]]), restore the directory structure from the backup and restart the service.
+  ''Note: Automatic backup of environments that don't use SQLite as database backend is not supported at this time. As a workaround, we recommend that you stop the server, copy the environment directory, and make a backup of the database using whatever mechanism is provided by the database system.''
+----
+See also: TracAdmin, TracEnvironment, TracGuide