How to setup and use Percona Binlog Server (PBS)
Kedar
Earlier last week I was working with Percona Binlog Server, Percona’s tool for archiving the MySQL binary log (binlog) outside of a traditional replica and exploring what it can do.…
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MySQL Backup setup, automation using Holland, mysqldump on Ubuntu
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…
xtrabackup_51: not found & no ‘mysqld’ group in MySQL options
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…
Is your backup complete? – backup MySQL users privileges / grants – pt-show-grants
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…
Scheduled Backup MySQL Administrator & Windows Scheduler – Odd
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,…
5 responses to “Scheduled Backup MySQL Administrator & Windows Scheduler – Odd”
i scheduled backup in MySQL Administrator but the backup never runs on scheduled time. When i check in Windows Task scheduler – it shows me ‘ Status- Could not start ‘
And when i try to do backup manually by clicking “Execute Backup now” it works fine.
Please help !!!!!!!
Hi Vinay,
Sorry for the delayed response.
I’m sure you must have solved your issue till now; and if interested I’d like you to share it too.
Definitly documentation is the best way to follow a software and logs are best way to debug 🙂
Thanks & keep visiting,
Kedar.
I tried to setup an Automated backup schedule using the MySQL GUI Tools under Windows 7. Whatever I do, it doesn’t show the task in Task Scheduler and the backup is not executed as intended
I much prefer ifnroamtive articles like this to that high brow literature.
Thanks, this helped me find the setting for writing backup log files.
Do you know if it possible to generate an auto email, when the backup has fnished to detemine if failed or success?
thanks