diff --git a/workflow/engine/bin/tasks/cliCommon.php b/workflow/engine/bin/tasks/cliCommon.php
index 4c0d4c22f..f7d461486 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/bin/tasks/cliCommon.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/bin/tasks/cliCommon.php
@@ -71,6 +71,52 @@ function logging($message, $filename = NULL) {
   }
 }
 
+function progress($done, $total, $size=30) {
+
+    static $start_time;
+
+    // if we go over our bound, just ignore it
+    if($done > $total) return;
+
+    if(empty($start_time)) $start_time=time();
+    $now = time();
+
+    $perc=(double)($done/$total);
+
+    $bar=floor($perc*$size);
+
+    $status_bar="\r[";
+    $status_bar.=str_repeat("=", $bar);
+    if($bar<$size){
+        $status_bar.=">";
+        $status_bar.=str_repeat(" ", $size-$bar);
+    } else {
+        $status_bar.="=";
+    }
+
+    $disp=number_format($perc*100, 0);
+
+    $status_bar.="] $disp%  $done/$total";
+
+    $rate = ($now-$start_time)/$done;
+    $left = $total - $done;
+    $eta = round($rate * $left, 2);
+
+    $elapsed = $now - $start_time;
+
+    $status_bar.= " remaining: ".number_format($eta)." sec.  elapsed: ".number_format($elapsed)." sec.";
+
+    echo "$status_bar  ";
+
+    flush();
+
+    // when done, send a newline
+    if($done == $total) {
+        echo "\n";
+    }
+
+}
+
 function get_workspaces_from_args($args, $includeAll = true) {
   $opts = parse_args($args);
   $workspaces = array();
diff --git a/workflow/engine/bin/tasks/cliWorkspaces.php b/workflow/engine/bin/tasks/cliWorkspaces.php
index 38fc10699..14a3c97f5 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/bin/tasks/cliWorkspaces.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/bin/tasks/cliWorkspaces.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ pake_task('info');
 
 pake_task('workspace-upgrade');
 
+pake_task('workspace-backup');
+
 pake_task('translation-upgrade');
 pake_task('cacheview-upgrade');
 
@@ -77,7 +79,6 @@ function run_plugins_database_upgrade($command, $args) {
 }
 
 function run_database_export($command, $args) {
-  G::LoadSystem('dbMaintenance');
   if (count($args) < 2)
     throw new Exception ("Please provide a workspace name and a directory for export");
   $workspace = new workspaceTools($args[0]);
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ function database_upgrade($command, $args) {
     else
       print_r("Upgrading database in ".pakeColor::colorize($workspace->name, "INFO")." ");
     try {
-      $changes = $workspace->repairSchema($checkOnly);
+      $changes = $workspace->upgradeDatabase($checkOnly);
       if ($changes != false) {
         if ($checkOnly) {
           echo "> ".pakeColor::colorize("Run upgrade", "INFO")."\n";
@@ -210,4 +211,13 @@ function run_drafts_clean($task, $args) {
   echo "\n";
 }
 
+function run_workspace_backup($task, $args) {
+  $workspace = new workspaceTools($args[0]);
+  if (isset($args[1]))
+    $filename = $args[1];
+  else
+    $filename = PATH_DATA . "backups/" . $workspace->name . ".tar";
+  $workspace->backup($filename);
+}
+
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/workflow/engine/classes/class.wsTools.php b/workflow/engine/classes/class.wsTools.php
index cd7d7aabc..1c6d550c0 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/classes/class.wsTools.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/classes/class.wsTools.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * @author Alexandre Rosenfeld
  */
 
+G::LoadSystem('dbMaintenance');
+
 class workspaceTools {
   var $name = NULL;
   var $path = NULL;
@@ -486,36 +488,6 @@ class workspaceTools {
     }
   }
 
-  public function dumpDatabase($dbname) {
-    $sql="show tables;";
-    $result= mysql_query($sql);
-    if( $result)
-    {
-      while( $row= mysql_fetch_row($result))
-      {
-        $table = $row[0];
-
-        echo "/* Table structure for table `$table` */\n";
-        echo "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `$table`;\n\n";
-        $sql="show create table `$table`; ";
-        $result=mysql_query($sql);
-        if( $result)
-        {
-          if($row= mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
-          {
-            echo $row['Create Table'].";\n\n";
-          }
-        }
-        
-  		}
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      echo "/* no tables in $mysql_database */\n";
-    }
-    mysql_free_result($result);
-  }
-
   public function exportDatabase($path) {
     $dbInfo = $this->getDBInfo();
     $databases = array("wf", "rp", "rb");
@@ -524,7 +496,7 @@ class workspaceTools {
       $oDbMaintainer = new DataBaseMaintenance($dbInfo["host"], $dbInfo["user"],
         $dbInfo["pass"]);
       $oDbMaintainer->connect($dbInfo["name"]);
-      $oDbMaintainer->setTempDir($path . $dbInfo["name"] . "/");
+      $oDbMaintainer->setTempDir($path . "/" . $dbInfo["name"] . "/");
       $oDbMaintainer->backupDataBaseSchema($oDbMaintainer->getTempDir() . $dbInfo["name"] . ".sql");
       $oDbMaintainer->backupSqlData();
     }
@@ -536,21 +508,38 @@ class workspaceTools {
     } else {
       foreach (glob($filename . "/*") as $item) {
         $this->addToBackup($backup, $item, $root);
-}
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  public function backup($filename, $compress = true) {
+  static public function createBackup($filename, $compress = true) {
     G::LoadThirdParty('pear/Archive', 'Tar');
-    $tar = new Archive_Tar($filename);
+    $backup = new Archive_Tar($filename);
+    return $backup;
+  }
+
+  public function backup($filename, $compress = true) {
+    if (is_string($filename))
+      $backup = $this->createBackup($filename);
+    else
+      $backup = $filename;
     //Get a temporary directory for database backup
     $tempDirectory = tempnam(__FILE__, '');
     if (file_exists($tempDirectory)) {
       unlink($tempDirectory);
     }
-    $this->exportDatabase($tempDirectory);
+    mkdir($tempDirectory);
+    //$this->exportDatabase($tempDirectory);
+    //print_r(info("Database: $tempDirectory\n"));
+    $metaFilename = "$tempDirectory/{$this->name}.meta";
+    file_put_contents($metaFilename,
+      str_replace(array(",", "{", "}"), array(",\n  ", "{\n  ", "\n}\n"),
+                  G::json_encode($this->getMetadata())));
     $this->addToBackup($backup, $tempDirectory, $tempDirectory);
-    $this->addToBackup($backup, $filename, $root);
+    $this->addToBackup($backup, $this->path, $this->path);
+    //print_r(file_get_contents($metaFilename));
+    //print_r(G::json_decode(file_get_contents($metaFilename)));
+    //$this->addToBackup($backup, $filename, $root);
   }
 
 }