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Date:      Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:31:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk>
To:        Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Backup problem for backup MySQL (a table > 2GB)
Message-ID:  <20050816103124.69621.qmail@web52101.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <b7052e1e05081601583845c002@mail.gmail.com>

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Yes mysqldump.

More solutions

mysqldump database | split -b 1900m
mysqldump database | gzip -dc | split -b 1900m
mysqlhotcopy database /tmp && tar czvf /tmp/db.tar /tmp && split -b
1900m /tmp/db.tar

mysqlhotcopy uses lots of space...

--- Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/16/05, Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > We are using an old backup product which can only backup files <
> 2GB.
> > Now we have a mysql file > 2GB. The backup product refuse to backup
> > that file.
> > 
> > So, whats the alternatives to perform backup for this situation?
> > This is current idea:
> > 
> > Tar all the mysql directory and split into small files < 2GB.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> Use mysqldump or mysqlhotcopy?
> 
> -- 
> Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia
> I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements
> 
> "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by
> E"
> 


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