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| − | ==Making A Backup of your MYSQL Database==
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| − | You can, and should backup the MySQL database to a set of SQL commands, which can use used to restore the database, if needed, with the following command:
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| − | Run a console (in Windows make sure you run it as administrator)
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| − | :mysqldump -u<username> -p<password> -r <location> <databasename>
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| − | <!-- The command mysqldump -u <username> -p --opt <databasename> > MyOpensimBackup.sql did not work. Maybe used a deprecated syntax, but i did get it working. Also '--opt' is already used by default, no need to include it. -->
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| − | Example, assuming that your username is ''admin'', and your password is ''secret'' (Linux/Mac example):
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| − | mysqldump -uadmin -psecret -r /home/Johnny/OpenSimBackups/OpensimBackup.sql opensim
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| − | For Windows ''(testing needed!)'', this would be:
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| − | mysqldump -uadmin -psecret -r %HOMEPATH%\My Documents\OpenSimBackups\OpensimBackup.sql opensim
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| − | Note that there is NO space between -u and the username, and between -p and the password
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| − | You will '''not''' be prompted for your password, this makes this command suitable to be used for unattended backups.
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| − | ==Timestamped Backups==
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| − | Making a single backup is good. Making daily backups is even better!
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| − | However, using the command above, it will keep reusing that one file, making it impossible to go back to an earlier date, if needed.
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| − | So what we want, is to give the backup a unique, and meaningful name. Here is how:
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| − | ===Windows===
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| − | ''<THIS SECTION NEEDS TO BE TESTED!!!>''
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| − | move %HOMEPATH%\My Documents\OpenSimBackups\OpensimBackup.sql %HOMEPATH%\My Documents\OpenSimBackups\OpensimBackup%DATE%_%TIME%.sql
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| − | ===Linux===
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| − | mv /home/Johnny/OpenSimBackups/OpensimBackup.sql /home/Johnny/OpenSimBackups/OpensimBackup_$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S).sql
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| − | Instead of issuing this command after the backup has been made, you can append it to the backup command by adding a pipe symbol ('''|''') to the first command. This will let you use the entire line in a cron job.
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| − | ===Mac===
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| − | <unknown, please add Mac version>
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