sql on linux

[ayodeji]

i need to take an online backup of an sql database on Linux platform. how can this be achieved using Netbackup 7.

please its very urgent.

[AmolB]

SQL on linux is not supported by NBU.

Refer to NBU 7 database compatibility list

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH126904

[ayodeji]

hi AmolZeroCool,

the DB is MySQL,  does it change anything?

[AmolB · Accepted solution]

Refer to the below blog on MySQL

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/backing-dolphins

[ayodeji]

thanks AmolZeroCool.

[Nicolai]

Netbackup does not have a online agent for mySQL. But mySQL have utilities (mysqldump) to creater a dump of the database. The dump file is what you backup.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html

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