[Opensim-users] Database backups, recommended methods

[missyfitz]

What is the recommended method(s) for doing a database backup? Is it simply a
matter of backing up the mySQL database file to external storage or dvd, or
is there some method for exporting all the tables to a text file? I've seen
reference to the latter someplace, but don't have it bookmarked and am not
sure if that's the better way to go, or possibly the only way to go...

Am I safe simply archiving the mySQL database file itself, or should I be
using some method to export all the tables / data to a separate file and
then archiving that file? If so, can you describe briefly how to do the
export to grab all the database data, or point me in the right direction?
Also, is there an automated way (WinXP) to do this, say, every 6 hours, or
is it best done manually?

(I'm a mySQL novice, as I'm sure many people here are, so I think this info
clearly outlined would be beneficial to a lot of us)

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