I'm trying to use the "mysqldump" command to get a copy of all databases on the server...
but I need each database to go into a "databaseXYZ.tar.gz" file.
Does anyone know how to do this? So far, I can only get all the databases into a single file. But I need each database to have its own file.
I recently had a harddrive failure and luckliy I can still access certain directories on this failed drive. I can still access the /var/lib/mysql/ directory which holds all the users databases and have backed all these up separately using tar.
Now what I need to know is how do you restore these database files to another server? I tried simply untar'ing one of these to the new servers /var/lib/mysql/ direcotry and it stuffed Mysql up - it went offline. I had to get a cpanel tech to bring Mysql back online.
how can I get these database files to fully work on a new server?
In previous thread we made few manual transfer of our domains.
We also made some automated migration of few domains/sites using Web Host Manager's Copy an account from another server feature.
All the files and other settings were properly transferred from old server to new server, but only the mysql database is not visible on new server. I am unsure if the same got copied to new server.
How do I copy all files and directories recursively to another folder?
I did:
cp --preserve -r /sourcefolder/* /destinationfolder/
However, it missed the dot files
I have about 1.80GB of flash games and I want to copy this flash games to another server, I only want to copy the flash games not the entire account.
FYI I have shell access on both server.
I am trying to copy files from one account to another through SSH, files copy with old account permissions and ownership.
Is this possible when I copy, ownership autometically changed to new account.
I am using CPanel and have root access.
I found that with unix's shell is possible copy all the content of a folder to oneother; I see the manual and found the command cp;
but there are many parameters;
which is that good?
I would like to replicate all that I have inner a folder to oneother;
so at the finish they must to hawe the identically content;
but I see, that some parameters can change symlink etc...
I want one clone exactly .
the originally folder have at inner directory,subdirectory, files htaccess etc..
I have tried copy files from Linux server to Windows Server using WinSCP3 and it was so fast.
I am not sure who to copy files as well from Windows to Windows with same speed. I tried to use RDC between the Windows Servers and share one drive. But it wasn't fast as WinSCP3.
I want to my friend's files from /home/admin/dc
to /home/ as I am planning to rebuild kloxo for him, this could kill all the files so, I would like to know the code so tht I could copy few files from the above location to the home directory
to move the httpdocs folders of multiple sites on my plesk server to another server (share on other serv is already mounted so thats not an issue) but their is 31 different domains i need to copy. wondering if anyone knows any way to batch automate a cp process to copy each domains files to a new folder on remote server (this is for backup purposes not live sites so i cant use plesk migration etc
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhat tool is there for me to copy a lots of file from one webhost (FTP site) to another webhost? Like in for migrating to another host.
I'm thinking of a tool where I can specify the FTP access information for both sites, and it would perform the copy without needing to store the files on my local hard disk first.
I need to export all databases on my server to put it on my new server. Is there a quick and easy way to do that without doing the WHM transfer?
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View 7 Replies View RelatedI've recently been asked to do a lot of data extraction from a state that has about 20 databases, each with between 10 and 100 tables. I often find myself diagramming things out on paper to try to visualize how everything works together.
I wondered if there's a tool that would "draw" the tables, columns, and relationships? I hesitate to say this, but almost like how MS Access does it, but that runs on Linux and does MySQL. Is there such a thing? I know about phpMyAdmin and MySQL's Query Browser, but it's not what I'm looking for.
I am running a dedicated server with Debian, and I installed a community sofware that has a lot of mySQL entries, many of which need to be changed to fit my needs
However, it is very hard to know exactly where each value I need to change is stored. Is there a way to search all database tables for a specific value?
For example, one thing that is stored in the database is the site's title displayed in the browser's title bar. The sofware does not give me the option to change it, so I have to find where it is located in the database and change it myself, but it would be extremely time comsuming to check all tables one by one for any occurences of the current title.
My HD was failing. So ServerBeach quickly set me up with a fresh box with the dying drive installed as a secondary drive. (nice job guys)
I'm able to mount the secondary drive and browse/copy the files... but when I get to the most important files of all, the database binaries, my /var/lib dir looks like this:
Code:
[root@rosemary v2]# ls -l /mnt/dying/var/lib/
total 68
...
....
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2171 Sep 14 03:02 logrotate.status
drwxrwsr-x 6 root 41 4096 Oct 12 2005 mailman
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 12 2005 misc
?--------- ? ? ? ? ? mysql
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct 12 2005 nfs
drwxr-xr-x 2 ntp ntp 4096 Sep 14 10:31 ntp
...
...
And if I try to cd into the dir, I get this:
Code:
[root@rosemary v2]# cd /mnt/dying/var/lib/mysql
-bash: cd: /mnt/dying/var/lib/mysql: Input/output error
I really *really* need this data!
Am I just totally S.O.L. ?
I host with hostgator and I was wondering if there are any software programs or services, or even something in my cpanel that can automatically grab my MySQL databases and everything on my server and make a backup on my personal PC?
I know I can manually do this, but I would like something that automatically does it once a week or something to insure my clients data is always backed up.
I rent windows dedicated server for just about a month, but I never had problem.
When I copy files on my home computer and then paste them onto server's drive, files begin copying, but after some time they stop copying and I hear double beep sound.
Time after which they stop copying is random.
To automate a task, I need to create a shell script that will allow me to copy the folder blank/ to a new location and rename it to news/, same for the files inside that directory. And, if possible, change the content of one of those files as well.
For example, I need to copy this:
Code:
blank/
templates/
frontend/
index.html
Blank.php
...to a new folder and rename it to this:
Code:
news/
templates/
frontend/
index.html
News.php
I have a corrupted VPS, and have some mysql databases on it.
I want to backup databases and restore them on the new server.
Cpanel service is down on the vps and I cannot transfer accts.
Is it possible to do so ?
1- Zip or Tar the username folder in /home dir.
2- zip or tar the database name in /var/lib/mysql folder
Either by SSH or File manager trough HyperVM
Then transfer files some where safe...
When vps is rebuilt, restore the archives and databases to
the folders I have backed up before rebuilt.
There are also some accounts on a terminated vps that there is only an image of the vps available so, I only can tar files using a jailed shell account, move to the new vps and untar them.
how to do it and avoid database problems.
My site is databases driven and runs on around 15 mySQL databases. Im wanting to download a local copy of these databases daily, however, if i try and back them up via cPanel (on a WHM VPS) they give me blank files. Each databases is around 55mb and growing. I can back them up one by one via phpmyadmin, it just takes around 5 minutes per database. Meaning around 40 minutes per night..
Is there any solution for having a script downloading them automatically so i can download them via ftp? I've tried [url].htm but it gives me blank files.
how to backup MySQL databases by cron and have the backups sent to you by email, or have them uploaded by FTP. It is based on a script I found at another website though I can confirm it is fully working.
Change the commented variables in the following file and save it as backup.sh:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# This script will backup one or more mySQL databases
# and then optionally email them and/or FTP them
# This script will create a different backup file for each database by day of the week
# i.e. 1-dbname1.sql.gz for database=dbname1 on Monday (day=1)
# This is a trick so that you never have more than 7 days worth of backups on your FTP server.
# as the weeks rotate, the files from the same day of the prev week are overwritten.
#/bin/sh /home/user/directory/scriptname.sh > /dev/null
############################################################
#===> site-specific variables - customize for your site
# List all of the MySQL databases that you want to backup in here,
# each seperated by a space
# If not run by root, only one db per script instance
databases="mydbname"
# Directory where you want the backup files to be placed
backupdir=/home/mydomain/backups
# MySQL dump command, use the full path name here
mysqldumpcmd=/usr/bin/mysqldump
# MySQL Username and password
userpassword=" --user=myuser --password=mypasswd"
# MySQL dump options
dumpoptions=" --quick --add-drop-table --add-locks --extended-insert --lock-tables"
# Unix Commands
gzip=/bin/gzip
uuencode=/usr/bin/uuencode
mail=/bin/mail
# Send Backup? Would you like the backup emailed to you?
# Set to "y" if you do
sendbackup="n"
subject="mySQL Backup"
mailto="me@mydomain.com"
#===> site-specific variables for FTP
ftpbackup="y"
ftpserver="myftpserver.com"
ftpuser="myftpuser"
ftppasswd="myftppasswd"
# If you are keeping the backups in a subdir to your FTP root
ftpdir="forums"
#===> END site-specific variables - customize for your site
############################################################
# Get the Day of the Week (0-6)
# This allows to save one backup for each day of the week
# Just alter the date command if you want to use a timestamp
DOW=`date +%w`
# Create our backup directory if not already there
mkdir -p ${backupdir}
if [ ! -d ${backupdir} ]
then
echo "Not a directory: ${backupdir}"
exit 1
fi
# Dump all of our databases
echo "Dumping MySQL Databases"
for database in $databases
do
$mysqldumpcmd $userpassword $dumpoptions $database > ${backupdir}/${DOW}-${database}.sql
done
# Compress all of our backup files
echo "Compressing Dump Files"
for database in $databases
do
rm -f ${backupdir}/${DOW}-${database}.sql.gz
$gzip ${backupdir}/${DOW}-${database}.sql
done
# Send the backups via email
if [ $sendbackup = "y" ]
then
for database in $databases
do
$uuencode ${backupdir}/${DOW}-${database}.sql.gz > ${backupdir}/${database}.sql.gz.uu
$mail -s "$subject : $database" $mailto < ${backupdir}/${DOW}-${database}.sql.gz.uu
done
fi
# FTP it to the off-site server
echo "FTP file to $ftpserver FTP server"
if [ $ftpbackup = "y" ]
then
for database in $databases
do
echo "==> ${backupdir}/${DOW}-${database}.sql.gz"
ftp -n $ftpserver <<EOF
user $ftpuser $ftppasswd
bin
prompt
cd $ftpdir
lcd ${backupdir}
put ${DOW}-${database}.sql.gz
quit
EOF
done
fi
# And we're done
ls -l ${backupdir}
echo "Dump Complete!"
exit
Upload backup.sh to your server, to any directory you want. A directory which is not web-accessible will stop your login information being seen by just anyone .
You should chmod the file to 777:
Code:
chmod 777 backup.sh
If you uploaded this file from a Windows machine you will need to convert the file to Unix format. You should run the following command by SSH in the appropriate directory:
Code:
dos2unix backup.sh
If you don't have dos2unix installed, you can install it using yum if you have that:
Code:
yum install dos2unix
If you don't have yum, get it here.
You may want to test the script at this point to make sure it's doing what you want it to. Change to the appropriate directory and run this command:
Code:
./backup.sh
Once you're happy with it, enter it into the crontab to run daily (or whenever you want). Cron jobs vary a lot depending on the configuration of your system, so check Google for how to do it on your system. The command you will need to run by cron is:
Code:
/path/to/file/backup.sh
how to setup a cron job to copy files & directories from one folder to the root folder. I have CPanel X.
My root directory is public_html/
I have another directory public_html/uploads containing both files and directories.
I need a cron job that will copy all the files & directories from public_html/uploads to the root public_html/
If it helps, here is some system info
General server information:
Operating system Linux
Service Status Click to View
Kernel version 2.6.22_hg_grsec_pax
Apache version 1.3.39 (Unix)
PERL version 5.8.8
Path to PERL /usr/bin/perl
Path to sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail
PHP version 4.4.4
MySQL version 4.1.22-standard
cPanel Build 11.17.0-STABLE 19434
Theme cPanel X v2.6.0
How can i check (using SSH) which databases/users cause server load to mysql ?
I've tried "mysqladmin proc stat" but it shows just the current. How can i get stats of the last 24 hours for example ?
I've also seen slow connections stats. What is the command to check more detailed report of the slow connections; which databases caused it etc', in the last 24 hours for example as well.
I have cPanle shared account.
Is there a way to automatically check and repair mysql databases and tables, that can be scheduled as cron job?
Since I have never worked on the server end of things I had a quick question for all you web hosting gurus.
Is it possible to have PHP installed on ONE single server and still have the ability for the server to work with both MS Access AND MySQL at the same time?
I would think YES, but I am being told by our server branch at my current job that this is not the case. They claim there is no way for the server on one machine to be able to handle both types of databases. Are they right?
If they are wrong and it is possible to have one server run both type of databases, what steps would be necessary to set up the server to handle both types? Do we need to tweak the php.ini file or is there another method of allowing the server the ability to work with both MySQL and MS Access.
Sorry if this question seems stupid or odd, as I said, I have minimal experience on the server end but I am confident that a server can handle both.