By open file tool I mean software that works concurrently with a backup suite such as veritas that would backup any open files (such as MySQL binaries) that would normally be skipped.
What do you mean by inconsistent? What does InnoDB Hot backup do differently than an open file agent? So the only two ways to do an online backup of InnoDB tables is InnoDB Hot backup or mysqldump? Thanks, Mauro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heikki Tuuri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 4:22 AM Subject: Re: InnoDB Backups > Mauro, > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mauro Marcellino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: mailing.database.myodbc > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:44 PM > Subject: InnoDB Backups > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_00CE_01C3E67E.9D867B90 > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > I have made a couple of other postings related to this but I guess my > > question is: > > > > Can I backup InnoDB tables (binary files) using an open file agent? > > what do you mean by an open file agent? > > You cannot just copy the ibdata files and ib_logfiles as is, because they > would be inconsistent. A commercial tool to make an online (= hot) binary > backup is InnoDB Hot Backup. A free way to make an online backup is to use > mysqldump. > > > If yes...and I am using Automatic COMMITs my backup will be current? > > > > If I am not using Automatic COMMITs then my backup will contain data = > > up > > to the last COMMIT (In other words, data since the last COMMIT will not > > be included in the backup. Is this true? > > > > I appreciate any guidance...Thanks Much! > > > > Mauro > > Best regards, > > Heikki Tuuri > Innobase Oy > http://www.innodb.com > Foreign keys, transactions, and row level locking for MySQL > InnoDB Hot Backup - a hot backup tool for InnoDB which also backs up MyISAM > tables > > Order MySQL technical support from https://order.mysql.com/ > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
