Ed Leafe wrote: > On Oct 19, 2007, at 1:19 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account > wrote: > > >>I've got a couple clients who have a VFP9 app that uses a MySQL5 >>database as the backend in their shop. >> >>What advice would you give for creating a backup strategy so that the >>database is regularly backed up to an offsite location to prevent >>catastrophic loss of data due to fire/robbery/etc. ? > > > I've used the mysqldump utility on a cron job, with the output files > being archived in the backups. You can archive the MySQL data files > directly, but you have to shut down the server while you're copying > them. >
We do exactly what Ed describes and include an upload to an offsite server. It's postgreSQL and I think there are some file locking considerations (??) during the dump but basically it's just: do the dump zip and encrypt upload to the server Any server w/ secure FTP (ya right) should do, or at least get it on a different box somewhere... heck you could even scp the thing - oops - are you using Linux? Our offsite server is www.ibackup.com Matthew S. Jarvis IT Manager Bike Friday - "Performance that Packs." www.bikefriday.com 541/687-0487 x140 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
