This post will guide you to set up and automate the MySQL logical backups using mysqldump on Ubuntu Linux. We will set-up MySQL backup using mysqldump and automate it with Holland backup framework on Ubuntu. Towards the end of the post, you have the steps to be executed in a single block which includes steps […]
Recently I happen to setup a new MySQL instance with my tools – a standard MySQL 5.1+, xtrabackup setup and last-hotbackup.tar.gz. To restore from the backup we used xtrabackup binaries and ran into issues following standard commands (assuming no changes): To prepare the backup I used apply-log as follows: $] innobackupex-1.5.1 –defaults-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/backup-my.cnf –apply-log /usr/local/mysql/data –ibbackup […]
Everybody knows the criticality of backup. You might have had your database dumped, data directory copied, flat files exported and even config and binary log files backed-up. But did you backup your MySQL user privileges? One can easily forget to backup the user privileges but it is much easier to do and you should backup […]
Creating scheduled backup using administrator is an easy task. Follow the GUI and you’re done. But I observed something different! MySQL Version: 5.0.83 Community MySQL Administrator: 1.2.17 Machine: Intel P4, Windows XP, Enough RAM 🙂 Logs: General, Error & irrelevant here though Slow query. Prologue: Administrator performs scheduled backup properly in normal scenario. What I […]
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