p4-backup

A powershell script that implements the nightly backup procedere from the Helix Core Server Administration Guide. It does the following:

1. Deletes all old checkpoints (since only the latest one is needed)
2. Creates a new checkpoint.
3. Checks the MD5 checksum of the created checkpoint against the MD5 file produced by the creation process.
4. Creates a new backup directory with the current date.
5. Copies checkpoint & journal files + all folders in P4ROOT, except for server.locks.
6. Deletes backup folders that are older than 7 days.

Assumptions

This script assumes that you

• Run Helix Core on a Windows (Server) machine.
• Run this script on that same machine.
• Do not have a custom license installed in P4ROOT.
• Do not need this script to cover you need to run p4 verify on a weekly basis.