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diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex index c3fb6db07..239c9e581 100644 --- a/doc/guide.tex +++ b/doc/guide.tex @@ -3771,8 +3771,21 @@ The more interesting ones are: \titem{reopen-log} Reopen the log files after they were renamed. If the old files were not renamed before calling this command, they are automatically renamed to \term{"*-old.log"}. See section \ref{logfiles}. -\titem {backup, restore, install-fallback, dump, load} You can use these - commands to create and restore backups. +\titem {backup ejabberd.backup} + Store internal Mnesia database to a binary backup file. +\titem {restore ejabberd.backup} + Restore immediately from a binary backup file the internal Mnesia database. + This will comsume quite some memory for big servers. +\titem {install-fallback ejabberd.backup} + The binary backup file is installed as fallback: + it will be used to restore the database at the next ejabberd start. + Similar to \term{restore}, but requires less memory. +\titem {dump ejabberd.dump} + Dump internal Mnesia database to a text file dump. +\titem {load ejabberd.dump} + Restore immediately from a text file dump. + This is not recommended for big databases, as it will consume much time, + memory and processor. In that case it's preferable to use \term{backup} and \term{install-fallback}. %%More information about backuping can %% be found in section~\ref{backup}. \titem{import-file, import-dir} \ind{migration from other software} |