使用svnsync备份很简单，步骤如下：
一、在备份机上创建一个空库：svnadmin create SMP
二、更改该库的钩子脚本pre-revprop-change（因为svnsync要改这个库的属性，也就是要将源库的属性备份到这个库，所以要启用这个脚本）:
cd SMP/hooks;
cp pre-revprop-change.tmpl pre-revprop-change;
chmod 755 pre-revprop-change;
vi pre-revprop-change;
将该脚本后面的三句注释掉，或者干脆将它弄成一个空文件。
三、初始化，此时还没有备份任何数据：
svnsync init file:///home/backup/svn/svnsync/SMP/ http://svntest.subversion.com/repos/SMP
语法是：svnsync init {你刚创建的库url} {源库url}
注意本地url是三个斜杠的：///
四、开始备份：
svnsync sync file:///home/backup/svn/svnsync/SMP
这是就一个个版本进行备份了。

附录：
可能的报错一：
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
Failed to get lock on destination repos, currently held by 'bug1.corp.scmbbs.com:0c424c20-2e3b-0410-bd34-7fdd53c25d02'
svnsync: Couldn't get lock on destination repos after 10 attempts
这个时候可能属性被锁了，删掉属性：
svn propdel svn:sync-lock --revprop -r0 file:///home/backup/svn/svnsync/SMP
删除成功后，再试一遍基本就可以了。
如果反复操作都是同样错误的话，有可能是你的svn安装的有问题，重新安装一遍就好了，俺就是这样。

可能报错二、
svnsync: REPORT request failed on 'http://svn1.subversion.com/repos/Relevance'
svnsync: The requested report is unknown.
这是因为你源库的版本太低了，svnsync所需要的函数Report是svn1.4后加入的。没办法，对你的库进行升级后才能备份。
 

由于执行svnsync sync file:///home/backup/svn/svnsync/SMP 过程中容易出现错误一，避免中途人工干预，我写了一个脚本，来自动修复错误。脚本里面的路径自己来修改吧，我的环境是本地备份到另外一个硬盘。

[root@smb svn_bak]# cat svnsync.sh   
#!/bin/bash   
while (:)   
do  
        svnsync sync file:///svn_bak/svnbak/   
        if [ $? != 0 ]   
        then   
        svn propdel svn:sync-lock --revprop -r0  file:///svn_bak/svnbak/   
        fi   
        sleep 60   
done