Arnoldus,
you should add
log-bin
to the [mysqld] section of my.cnf, so that mysqld writes the binlog. Please
see the MySQL online manual about this option.
Best regards,
Heikki Tuuri
Innobase Oy
http://www.innodb.com
Foreign keys, transactions, and row level locking for MySQL
InnoDB Hot Backup
No, InnoDB hot backup only backs up the table data, not the definitions.
You need to back those up separately. This is all explained here:
http://www.innodb.com/manual.php#Backing_up_myisam_and_innodb
There's also a perl script that can help you with the backup. Even
though it says MyISAM, you