Izu Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I would like to know if you would be able to take a backup of all requests in our live instance prior to us executing the Hornbill Cleaner utility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Hello Izu, Our backups are taken nightly so depending on when you run this we could recover from that nightly snapshot. However, it is a very bad idea to have a level of uncertainty around what you are doing with this to need a backup. I have asked one of our engineers to look at this requirement and create a solution for you that is fully tested and does not require any custom configuration. The cleaner tool is generally used for clearing out test data before a go-live, we had not envisaged it would be used for what you want to do, but we understand the requirement. give us a few days and we will see what we can work up. Someone will post back here with more details. Gerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Houghton Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 @Gerry We would also need the ability to undertake test loads and then remove them, on an existing live instance as well. Cheers Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 @Martyn Houghton Right now I think this is a date based process, not sure I would have to check but that's what I think is the case. We do not have any way of tagging data on import, multiple tables, and different functions, what are you wanting to achieve? could a sandbox work for you? Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izu Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 Hi Gerry, We intend implementing a dryrun on our LIVE instance hence would like to confirm the level of risk with regards to performance and data. Furthermore, you indicated above that your backups are taken nightly and on that basis; I would like to confirm when your backup complete. Rgds, Izu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 @Izu I would suggest running such a process at quiet times, there will be some locking and stuff that would slow things down on a busy instance. As for data backups, we do have nightly snapshots, for EU instances they are generally complete by 3AM UTC, so I would suggest an early-morning clean-up would be a good time. The DRYRUN is non-destructive but will allow you to see what will be run against the database, this is not a heavy process and nothing gets locked during a dryrun. Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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