rsynch will do the job correctly only and only if the mysql server on both 
sides are not running.  Rsynch does not deal with files opened for writing 
and my guess is that MySQL is opening the database (i.e. files) for writing.

As for LVM (AKA Logical Volume Manager) I really do not see how it could be 
used to take a snapshot in MySQL.  However, I could be wrong here.

Bernard


On Tuesday 18 November 2003 05:12, Simon Green wrote:
> Has any one use LVM to take a snapshot in MySQL and use this to back up
> data?
>
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paco Martinez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 18 November 2003 10:00
> To: Christensen, Dave; 'Richard Reina'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Backup question.
>
>
> Is there any problem executing "rsync /var/lib/mysql/data/" from one host
> to another host and therefore having same file in obth machines??
>
> Is it unsafe this method ??
>
> Could be crashed meanwhile transferring ??
>
> Thanks !!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christensen, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Richard Reina'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 10:20 PM
> Subject: RE: Backup question.
>
> > Yes, you can do it like this:
> >
> >
> > Prompt> mysqldump --add-drop-table --host=source.IP.addr.spec -uuser
> > -ppassword databasename | mysql -uuser -ppassword
> >
> >
> >
> > I've found that it helps things if you add --no-data to the source side
> > on the first pass, then remove that clause and run it again.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Reina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:54 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Backup question.
> >
> >
> > I would like to backup databases from a linux MySQL server to another
> > linux machine on the same private network but I don' see in the docs how
> > I can do this with mysqlhotcopy or mysqldump.  Is there any way to do
> > this besides using ftp.
> >
> > Any help would be appreicated.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
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