Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:10:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> Subject: Re: Moving MySQL database Message-ID: <3330.209.167.16.15.1094220649.squirrel@209.167.16.15> In-Reply-To: <20040903140215.GB23032@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <1D64B3BF-FDAF-11D8-ABDA-000D9338770A@chrononomicon.com> <20040903140215.GB23032@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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> On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 09:42:36AM -0400, Bart Silverstrim wrote: >> I have a server that is rapidly filling the var partition with a >> MySQL >> database. I'd like to move it to a subdirectory somewhere under >> /usr. >> >> Is there a document that would outline a "best practices" approach >> to >> doing this? My first instinct was to stop the mysqld, do a mv on >> /var/db to /var/db2 to rename it, copy the data to a /usr/local/db >> folder and alter permissions on it to match /var/db, then make a >> softlink between /usr/local/db and /var/db and restart mysqld so >> mysqld >> wouldn't need any reconfiguring and everything, I would *think*, >> should >> keep working...only now it will be working off a far more spacious >> partition. > > I'd do it this way: > > i) Stop mysql > > ii) Remove (pkg_delete) the mysql-server package > > iii) Move the database files to their new location, taking care to > preserve ownership, permissions, timestamps etc. > > iv) Reinstall the mysql-server port setting a different DB_DIR on > the make command line: > > # make DB_DIR=/usr/local/db install > > v) Make sure that the home directory of the mysql user account is > the same as you set DB_DIR to. The port should take care of > that, but it won't hurt to double check. > > % grep mysql /etc/passwd > mysql:*:88:88:MySQL Daemon:/usr/local/db:/sbin/nologin > > vi) Restart the mysql server. Verify that your data survived the > move. > > And that's it: you're done. Won't a simple symlink of /var/db/mysql to a new location (ie. /usr/db/mysql) after the directory is moved perform the same task, without the need to re-install? I've never done this, but it may work, and save some troubles. Steve > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH > UK >
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