Re: Server Backups rsync vs plesk
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:32 am
It's definitely not safe copy the MySQL data directory of a running instance. Instead of shutting down the primary instance you could also use SQL dumps or even set up replication.douglaseggleton wrote:I think we are going to stick with rsync, I just have a query regarding Mysql, we are using an expects script early in the morning to copy the /var/lib/mysql/ directory. Should I be shutting MySQL down first?