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Backup and Restore Databases in MySQL

In MySQL server administration, it is important to safeguard your data in case of human error or a system failure. To accomplish this, MySQL provides the ability to create backups of databases and tables. In this lab, you will be tasked with creating backups for individual databases and tables, as well as full backups of the MySQL server. You will also need to demonstrate the ability to restore the MySQL server from a complete backup.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Published
Clock icon May 10, 2019

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create a Partial Backup of the prod Database That Only Includes the products Table

    Run following command as cloud_user to create a backup of just the products table in the prod database:

    # mysqldump -u root -p prod products > prod_products.sql

  2. Challenge

    Create Full Backups of the dev and test Databases

    Run following command to create backups of the dev and test databases:

    # mysqldump -u root -p --databases dev test > dev_test.sql

  3. Challenge

    Create a Complete Backup of All the Databases on the MySQL Server

    Use the following command to create a full backup of all the databases on the MySQL server:

    # mysqldump -u root -p --all-databases > full_backup.sql

  4. Challenge

    Create Delimited-Text Dump Files of the prod Database in the `/var/lib/mysql-files` Directory

    Run the following command to create delimited-text dump files of the prod database in /var/lib/mysql-files (the use of sudo does not require a password in this lab, so the prompt is for the MySQL root user, using the password Linux4me!:

    # sudo mysqldump -u root -p --tab=/var/lib/mysql-files/ prod

  5. Challenge

    Perform a Full Restore of the Databases on the MySQL Server by Reloading the msyql_dump.sql Dump File Located in the `/home/cloud_user` Directory

    To perform a full restore of the MySQL server, run the following command from the /home/cloud_user directory:

    # mysql -u root -p < mysql_dump.sql
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