[Box Backup] Backup Ninja

[Ben Summers]

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On 31 Oct 2006, at 16:05, Richard Hurt wrote:

> I was just thinking about how to back up a live MySQL database using
> Box Backup.  The only difference is that I would like to back up the
> database live using lazy mode, not dump it once a day.  Any
> clues/hints from anyone?
>
> Thanx!
>  Richard
>
> On 10/31/06, Jamie Neil <jamie@versado.net> wrote:
>> In case there are any other Debian (or derived distro) Box Backup  
>> users
>> out there, you might want to take a look at a program called  
>> Backup Ninja.
>>
>> It's a backup scheduler that lets you configure a number of different
>> backup jobs in one place. Support for rdiff-backup and duplicity is
>> built in, but because it allows you to execute arbitary scripts
>> integrating boxbackup is trivial.
>>
>> We have it set up to:
>>
>> 1) Dump the debian package list to a text file.
>>
>> 2) Dump all MySQL databases to compressed text files.
>>
>> 3) Run boxbackup in snapshot mode.
>>
>> every day at 1am.
>>
>> Current (sarge) version is quite old, but the version in backports is
>> (mostly) up to date and works well. You can also find the latest  
>> version
>> (backported from unstable) in our repository: http:// 
>> ftp.versado.net/debian/
>>
>> Hope someone finds it useful.
>>
>> --
>> Jamie Neil | <jamie@versado.net> | 0870 7777 454
>> Versado I.T. Services Ltd. | http://versado.net/ | 0845 450 1254
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