Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Backing up remote db's

[Dimi Paun]

On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 17:43 +1100, Peter wrote:
> 
> I am running rdiff-backup on a linux box and have a mysql database 
> server running on another windows box.
> 
> Can I set up a rdiff-backup config to log in remotely to the mysql on 
> the other box and do a dump of all databases so it gets backed up? I 
> suppose I could run rdiff on the windows box but my linux one is a
> more 
> stable runner.
> 
> If I can, how do I configure a username and password so it can
> connect?

This is supported be Safekeep, which is built on top of rdiff-backup:
    http://safekeep.sourceforge.net/

You may want to give that a try. Alternatively, you'll have to
script that manually.

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Dimi Paun <address@hidden>
Lattica, Inc.