Nice. Obviously, was not aware of those options. Sadly, OnlineBackup isn¹t supported on the MySQL instances we¹re running here (the wiki pages lists it as being part of the 5.2 tree, to be released in 6.0) Nor does mysqlhotcopy.
We¹ve got some old MySQL dbs setup by a previous dev/admin which no one really knows how to deal with, running against MySQL 3. They also happen to be running some major production processes at the moment :( On 2/27/08 1:02 PM, "Eric E Eskam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Salvador Manzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/27/2008 01:00:12 PM: >> > This is one of the things I don't like about MySQL... There >> > isn't a way to >> > perform a "hot" backup, since a MySQL backup really is just a script to >> > recreate the database. > > Huh? > > http://www.zmanda.com/blogs/?p=19 <http://www.zmanda.com/blogs/?p=19> > > That's just one reference... > > Eric Eskam > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any > position of the U.S. Government > "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange > protein; it rejects it." > - P. B. Medawar > > > > ----- > Salvador Manzo [ 620 W. 35th St - Los Angeles, CA 90089 e. [EMAIL > PROTECTED] ] > Auxiliary Services IT, Datacenter > University of Southern California > 818-612-5112 > An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, > to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his > own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he > violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. > Thomas Paine, "Dissertation on First Principles of Government" ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
