* On larger databases, it is possible that backups will die due to Odoo server
  settings. In order to circumvent this without frivolously changing settings,
  you need to run the backup from outside of the main Odoo instance. How to do
  this is outlined in `this blog post
  <https://blog.laslabs.com/2016/10/running-python-scripts-within-odoos-environment/>`_.
* Backups won't work if list_db=False is configured in the instance.
