While I haven't tested this, you might try something like... mysqldump -h <host> -u <userid> -p <database> | mysql -h <newhost> -u <new_userid> -p <database>
or, share out and NFS mount the new system's partition to the old system and do a dump that way. Just a few thoughts, Ron Richard Idalski wrote: > > I have before me what seems to be a very daunting task to someone with my > limited SQL knowledge. I'm upgrading our ad server which runs on MySQL > 3.22.32 to a newer machine and MySQL 3.23.39. Right now there are 16GB worth > of databases that need to be transferred over, and the old server lacks > enough hard disks space to even do a dump on one of those tables. So is > there a way I can do a mysqldump directly from the old machine to the new > one over the network? And if I can or if I'm offered a better way to do > this, will the difference in MySQL version affect anything? > > Thanks in advance for any help/information. > > --------------- > Richard Idalski > System Administrator > Nando Media > Office: 919.836.4805 > AIM: Ryusonuke > www.nandomedia.com > ------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php