09 Apr

mysql database backup shell script with status email

This post is for the backup script for MySQL database on Linux with mail. It’s a linux shell script for taking logical backup using mysqldump and sending status email.

The backup shell script works as follows:
– The script takes backup using mysqldump and compresses it.
– Upon success, it will attempt to ship the backup to specified offsite location.
– Upon detecting failure in any of the above step, it will send out failure email.
– Upon overall success, it will sendout success email with execution time and present backups list.

You might be looking for setting up physical backups for mysql using Holland backup framework.

Following is the code for MySQL backup shell script using mysqldump with status email.

29 Jun

Restore A Table / Database From Full Backup – Yet Another Way

Restore requests are common and so are the restores of specific entities: a database, or one or more table(s). This has been discussed a lot and we have plenty of tools and solutions already available.
In this blog post we will cover an interesting solution that I came across when I received a restoration request from a client with a specific scenario.

The scenario? Well, the client was on a Windows server with 400GB of mysqldump and wanted to restore a table.

As Linux players we already know of some tools and techniques to export a table or database from mysqldump – for example, using sed command or using the script mysqldumpsplitter (based on sed itself). But on Windows we are powerless by not being able to use sed (we’re sad without sed.) Also, there was no cygwin to ease up the pain.

We had to come-up with a solution that works on Windows as well. During this discussion, my Pythian colleague, Romuller, suggested a cool but simple trick which enlightens us and offers one more way of exporting or recovering a table from a full mysqldump.

So the trick here is as follows:

04 May

Steps to Move Copy Rename MySQL Database

Moving, copying or renaming database is a very basic activity. I have just noted a few commands for reference to quickly follow the required operation.

1. Rename database on Linux Machine:

A. Use RENAME DATABASE Command [MySQL 5.1].

RENAME DATABASE db_name TO new_db_name;

mysql -uroot -pPASSWORD -e “drop database if exists NEW-DB-NAME; create database NEW-DB-NAME” && mysqldump -uroot -pPASSWORD SOURCE-DB-NAME | mysql -uroot -pPASSWORD NEW-DB-NAME && mysql -uroot -pPASSWORD -e “drop database SOURCE-DB-NAME”

2. Create Duplicate of a database:

mysql -uroot -ppassword -e “drop database if exists DB_TO_BE_CREATED;create database DB_TO_BE_CREATED;” | mysqldump -uroot -ppassword DB_TO_BE_COPIED | mysql -uroot -ppassword DB_TO_BE_CREATED

3. Copy MySQL Database to Remote MySQL Server:

3A. By using -h (hostname) option.

Create MySQL Dump:

mysqldump -uroot -ppassword –databases DB_TO_BE_COPIED > DB_TO_BE_COPIED.sql

Load MySQL Dump:

mysql -uroot -ppassword -hHOSTNAME < DB_TO_BE_COPIED.sql OR Using Single Command: mysql -uroot -ppassword -e “drop database if exists DB_TO_BE_CREATED;create database DB_TO_BE_CREATED;” | mysqldump -uroot -ppassword DB_TO_BE_COPIED | mysql -uroot -ppassword -hHOSTNAME DB_TO_BE_CREATED 3B. By moving dump file to remote server. Create MySQL Dump: mysqldump -uroot -ppassword –databases DB_TO_BE_COPIED > DB_TO_BE_COPIED.sql

Copy SQL file to remote MySQL Server:

scp DB_TO_BE_COPIED.sql username@remote-machin:/path/to/copy

Load MySQL Dump:

mysql -uroot -ppassword DB_TO_BE_CREATED < /path/to/copy/DB_TO_BE_COPIED.sql

Here, I haven’t considered copying and moving data-files for MyISAM databases as these are just the commands-way.