Databases are a bit of an odd animal when it comes to backups. If a single entry in a table changes, to the outside world, it appears that the entire database (as a file) needs to be backed up. That's why most real databases come with their own backup mechanisms (often transaction logs).
That being said, I use (for mysql) mysqldump from a daily cronjob, putting it into a file that amanda picks up. I.e. I am not doing it like a pro, but my databases are quite small. On 2018-01-05 03:22 PM, Chris Miller wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I can't find any explicit guidance for databases, so I assume that I > do any database preparation in the cron job before I invoke amdump, > and then tell Amanda to prune the database. Am I right? OR, is there > an agent for the common databases, like MySQL, and PostgresSQL? > -- > Chris. > > V:916.974.0424 > F:916.974.0428
