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Monday, July 16, 2012

How to Create a MySQL Backup


How to Create a MySQL Backup of a big Database:
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It’s not possible to create a backup from a MySQL database with phpMyAdmin which is bigger than 2 MB. If you are running MySQL on a Linux based system, try this:

Login to your web server with Putty (Windows) or any other SSH client

Type in your console:

#mysqldump -uYOURUSERNAME -pYOURPASSWORD DATABASE-NAME > dump.sql

(Note: there is no space between “-u”/”-p” and the MySQL username/password.)
You can create simply all database at once by using –all-databases insted of database_name

Copy the newly created backup (dump.sql) to a safe place via SCP or FTP

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