1holland(1)                 Holland Backup Framework                 holland(1)
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NAME

6       holland - pluggable database backup agent
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SYNOPSIS

12       holland [global-options] command [command-options]
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DESCRIPTION

17       Holland  provides  a pluggable framework through which to perform data‐
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20       This framework primarily targets MySQL, but there are plans to  support
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23       Holland supports three kinds of plugins currently:
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37       Backup  plugins  are  used  for defined backup jobs in order to perform
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75       Library  plugins  simply  provide support for other plugins.  Currently
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80       · holland.lib.mysql         - Core MySQL support
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84       · holland.lib.archive       - Standardized access to  multiple  archive
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OPTIONS

95       --config=<file>
96              Read configuration settings from <file>, if it exists.
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PROBLEMS

111       1. restore is still a manual process
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SEE ALSO

116       · Python Eggs <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PythonEggs>
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120       · pkg_resources <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PkgResources>
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124       · Plugins   Using   Eggs    <http://ianbicking.org/docs/pycon2006/plug‐
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129       · man holland-mysqlhotcopy
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AUTHOR

142       Andrew Garner <andrew.garner@rackspace.com>
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1510.9.9                             2009-05-08                        holland(1)
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