Could happen to have a mysql database with a lot of tables and we want dump all of them, but we also want to make the logical dump process faster. Some of you could say that mydumper is the solution. It could be. But what if we don’t have the permission to install it or whatever? … Continue reading Dumping multiple mysql tables at once
This is a short but potentially extremely handy guide to ghosting one Linux box to another (or simply making a full backup of a desktop/server). On the target machine: On the source machine: Note: please be VERY careful about IPs, devices and ports. after completion of dd command you have to run fsck on target … Continue reading How to clone a running Linux system over network using netcat
With XenServer it is possible to create backups of VMs, even if they are running. The process is as follows: Search for the uuid of the VMs to backup First look for the uuid of the VMs to backup. We don’t want to backup the control domain itself, so we add is-control-domain=false to the vm-list … Continue reading Creating backups of running VMs in XenServer