#!@PERL@ -w use strict; use Getopt::Long; use Data::Dumper; use File::Basename; use File::Path; use DBI; use Sys::Hostname; =head1 NAME mysqlhotcopy - fast on-line hot-backup utility for local MySQL databases and tables =head1 SYNOPSIS mysqlhotcopy db_name mysqlhotcopy --suffix=_copy db_name_1 ... db_name_n mysqlhotcopy db_name_1 ... db_name_n /path/to/new_directory mysqlhotcopy db_name./regex/ mysqlhotcopy db_name./^\(foo\|bar\)/ mysqlhotcopy db_name./~regex/ mysqlhotcopy db_name_1./regex_1/ db_name_1./regex_2/ ... db_name_n./regex_n/ /path/to/new_directory mysqlhotcopy --method='scp -Bq -i /usr/home/foo/.ssh/identity' --user=root --password=secretpassword \ db_1./^nice_table/ user@some.system.dom:~/path/to/new_directory WARNING: THIS PROGRAM IS STILL IN BETA. Comments/patches welcome. =cut # Documentation continued at end of file my $VERSION = "1.18"; my $opt_tmpdir = $ENV{TMPDIR} || "/tmp"; my $OPTIONS = <<"_OPTIONS"; $0 Ver $VERSION Usage: $0 db_name[./table_regex/] [new_db_name | directory] -?, --help display this helpscreen and exit -u, --user=# user for database login if not current user -p, --password=# password to use when connecting to server (if not set in my.cnf, which is recommended) -h, --host=# Hostname for local server when connecting over TCP/IP -P, --port=# port to use when connecting to local server with TCP/IP -S, --socket=# socket to use when connecting to local server --allowold don\'t abort if target already exists (rename it _old) --keepold don\'t delete previous (now renamed) target when done --noindices don\'t include full index files in copy --method=# method for copy (only "cp" currently supported) -q, --quiet be silent except for errors --debug enable debug -n, --dryrun report actions without doing them --regexp=# copy all databases with names matching regexp --suffix=# suffix for names of copied databases --checkpoint=# insert checkpoint entry into specified db.table --flushlog flush logs once all tables are locked --resetmaster reset the binlog once all tables are locked --resetslave reset the master.info once all tables are locked --tmpdir=# temporary directory (instead of $opt_tmpdir) --record_log_pos=# record slave and master status in specified db.table Try \'perldoc $0 for more complete documentation\' _OPTIONS sub usage { die @_, $OPTIONS; } my %opt = ( user => scalar getpwuid($>), noindices => 0, allowold => 0, # for safety keepold => 0, method => "cp", flushlog => 0, ); Getopt::Long::Configure(qw(no_ignore_case)); # disambuguate -p and -P GetOptions( \%opt, "help", "host|h=s", "user|u=s", "password|p=s", "port|P=s", "socket|S=s", "allowold!", "keepold!", "noindices!", "method=s", "debug", "quiet|q", "mv!", "regexp=s", "suffix=s", "checkpoint=s", "record_log_pos=s", "flushlog", "resetmaster", "resetslave", "tmpdir|t=s", "dryrun|n", ) or usage("Invalid option"); # @db_desc # ========== # a list of hash-refs containing: # # 'src' - name of the db to copy # 't_regex' - regex describing tables in src # 'target' - destination directory of the copy # 'tables' - array-ref to list of tables in the db # 'files' - array-ref to list of files to be copied # (RAID files look like 'nn/name.MYD') # 'index' - array-ref to list of indexes to be copied # my @db_desc = (); my $tgt_name = undef; usage("") if ($opt{help}); if ( $opt{regexp} || $opt{suffix} || @ARGV > 2 ) { $tgt_name = pop @ARGV unless ( exists $opt{suffix} ); @db_desc = map { s{^([^\.]+)\./(.+)/$}{$1}; { 'src' => $_, 't_regex' => ( $2 ? $2 : '.*' ) } } @ARGV; } else { usage("Database name to hotcopy not specified") unless ( @ARGV ); $ARGV[0] =~ s{^([^\.]+)\./(.+)/$}{$1}; @db_desc = ( { 'src' => $ARGV[0], 't_regex' => ( $2 ? $2 : '.*' ) } ); if ( @ARGV == 2 ) { $tgt_name = $ARGV[1]; } else { $opt{suffix} = "_copy"; } } my %mysqld_vars; my $start_time = time; $opt_tmpdir= $opt{tmpdir} if $opt{tmpdir}; $0 = $1 if $0 =~ m:/([^/]+)$:; $opt{quiet} = 0 if $opt{debug}; $opt{allowold} = 1 if $opt{keepold}; # --- connect to the database --- my $dsn; $dsn = ";host=" . (defined($opt{host}) ? $opt{host} : "localhost"); $dsn .= ";port=$opt{port}" if $opt{port}; $dsn .= ";mysql_socket=$opt{socket}" if $opt{socket}; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:$dsn;mysql_read_default_group=mysqlhotcopy", $opt{user}, $opt{password}, { RaiseError => 1, PrintError => 0, AutoCommit => 1, }); # --- check that checkpoint table exists if specified --- if ( $opt{checkpoint} ) { $opt{checkpoint} = quote_names( $opt{checkpoint} ); eval { $dbh->do( qq{ select time_stamp, src, dest, msg from $opt{checkpoint} where 1 != 1} ); }; die "Error accessing Checkpoint table ($opt{checkpoint}): $@" if ( $@ ); } # --- check that log_pos table exists if specified --- if ( $opt{record_log_pos} ) { $opt{record_log_pos} = quote_names( $opt{record_log_pos} ); eval { $dbh->do( qq{ select host, time_stamp, log_file, log_pos, master_host, master_log_file, master_log_pos from $opt{record_log_pos} where 1 != 1} ); }; die "Error accessing log_pos table ($opt{record_log_pos}): $@" if ( $@ ); } # --- get variables from database --- my $sth_vars = $dbh->prepare("show variables like 'datadir'"); $sth_vars->execute; while ( my ($var,$value) = $sth_vars->fetchrow_array ) { $mysqld_vars{ $var } = $value; } my $datadir = $mysqld_vars{'datadir'} || die "datadir not in mysqld variables"; $datadir =~ s:/$::; # --- get target path --- my ($tgt_dirname, $to_other_database); $to_other_database=0; if (defined($tgt_name) && $tgt_name =~ m:^\w+$: && @db_desc <= 1) { $tgt_dirname = "$datadir/$tgt_name"; $to_other_database=1; } elsif (defined($tgt_name) && ($tgt_name =~ m:/: || $tgt_name eq '.')) { $tgt_dirname = $tgt_name; } elsif ( $opt{suffix} ) { print "Using copy suffix '$opt{suffix}'\n" unless $opt{quiet}; } else { $tgt_name="" if (!defined($tgt_name)); die "Target '$tgt_name' doesn't look like a database name or directory path.\n"; } # --- resolve database names from regexp --- if ( defined $opt{regexp} ) { my $sth_dbs = $dbh->prepare("show databases"); $sth_dbs->execute; while ( my ($db_name) = $sth_dbs->fetchrow_array ) { push @db_desc, { 'src' => $db_name } if ( $db_name =~ m/$opt{regexp}/o ); } } # --- get list of tables to hotcopy --- my $hc_locks = ""; my $hc_tables = ""; my $num_tables = 0; my $num_files = 0; foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) { my $db = $rdb->{src}; my @dbh_tables = get_list_of_tables( $db ); ## generate regex for tables/files my $t_regex; my $negated; if ($rdb->{t_regex}) { $t_regex = $rdb->{t_regex}; ## assign temporary regex $negated = $t_regex =~ tr/~//d; ## remove and count ## negation operator: we ## don't allow ~ in table ## names $t_regex = qr/$t_regex/; ## make regex string from ## user regex ## filter (out) tables specified in t_regex print "Filtering tables with '$t_regex'\n" if $opt{debug}; @dbh_tables = ( $negated ? grep { $_ !~ $t_regex } @dbh_tables : grep { $_ =~ $t_regex } @dbh_tables ); } ## get list of files to copy my $db_dir = "$datadir/$db"; opendir(DBDIR, $db_dir ) or die "Cannot open dir '$db_dir': $!"; my %db_files; my @raid_dir = (); while ( defined( my $name = readdir DBDIR ) ) { if ( $name =~ /^\d\d$/ && -d "$db_dir/$name" ) { push @raid_dir, $name; } else { $db_files{$name} = $1 if ( $name =~ /(.+)\.\w+$/ ); } } closedir( DBDIR ); scan_raid_dir( \%db_files, $db_dir, @raid_dir ); unless( keys %db_files ) { warn "'$db' is an empty database\n"; } ## filter (out) files specified in t_regex my @db_files; if ($rdb->{t_regex}) { @db_files = ($negated ? grep { $db_files{$_} !~ $t_regex } keys %db_files : grep { $db_files{$_} =~ $t_regex } keys %db_files ); } else { @db_files = keys %db_files; } @db_files = sort @db_files; my @index_files=(); ## remove indices unless we're told to keep them if ($opt{noindices}) { @index_files= grep { /\.(ISM|MYI)$/ } @db_files; @db_files = grep { not /\.(ISM|MYI)$/ } @db_files; } $rdb->{files} = [ @db_files ]; $rdb->{index} = [ @index_files ]; my @hc_tables = map { quote_names("$db.$_") } @dbh_tables; $rdb->{tables} = [ @hc_tables ]; $rdb->{raid_dirs} = [ get_raid_dirs( $rdb->{files} ) ]; $hc_locks .= ", " if ( length $hc_locks && @hc_tables ); $hc_locks .= join ", ", map { "$_ READ" } @hc_tables; $hc_tables .= ", " if ( length $hc_tables && @hc_tables ); $hc_tables .= join ", ", @hc_tables; $num_tables += scalar @hc_tables; $num_files += scalar @{$rdb->{files}}; } # --- resolve targets for copies --- if (defined($tgt_name) && length $tgt_name ) { # explicit destination directory specified # GNU `cp -r` error message die "copying multiple databases, but last argument ($tgt_dirname) is not a directory\n" if ( @db_desc > 1 && !(-e $tgt_dirname && -d $tgt_dirname ) ); if ($to_other_database) { foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) { $rdb->{target} = "$tgt_dirname"; } } elsif ($opt{method} =~ /^scp\b/) { # we have to trust scp to hit the target foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) { $rdb->{target} = "$tgt_dirname/$rdb->{src}"; } } else { die "Last argument ($tgt_dirname) is not a directory\n" if (!(-e $tgt_dirname && -d $tgt_dirname ) ); foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) { $rdb->{target} = "$tgt_dirname/$rdb->{src}"; } } } else { die "Error: expected \$opt{suffix} to exist" unless ( exists $opt{suffix} ); foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) { $rdb->{target} = "$datadir/$rdb->{src}$opt{suffix}"; } } print Dumper( \@db_desc ) if ( $opt{debug} ); # --- bail out if all specified databases are empty --- die "No tables to hot-copy" unless ( length $hc_locks ); # --- create target directories if we are using 'cp' --- my @existing = (); if ($opt{method} =~ /^cp\b/) { foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) { push @existing, $rdb->{target} if ( -d $rdb->{target} ); } if ( @existing && !$opt{allowold} ) { $dbh->disconnect(); die "Can't hotcopy to '", join( "','", @existing ), "' because directory\nalready exist and the --allowold option was not given.\n" } } retire_directory( @existing ) if ( @existing ); foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) { foreach my $td ( '', @{$rdb->{raid_dirs}} ) { my $tgt_dirpath = "$rdb->{target}/$td"; # Remove trailing slashes (needed for Mac OS X) substr($tgt_dirpath, 1) =~ s|/+$||; if ( $opt{dryrun} ) { print "mkdir $tgt_dirpath, 0750\n"; } elsif ($opt{method} =~ /^scp\b/) { ## assume it's there? ## ... } else { mkdir($tgt_dirpath, 0750) or die "Can't create '$tgt_dirpath': $!\n"; } } } ############################## # --- PERFORM THE HOT-COPY --- # # Note that we try to keep the time between the LOCK and the UNLOCK # as short as possible, and only start when we know that we should # be able to complete without error. # read lock all the tables we'll be copying # in order to get a consistent snapshot of the database if ( $opt{checkpoint} || $opt{record_log_pos} ) { # convert existing READ lock on checkpoint and/or log_pos table into WRITE lock foreach my $table ( grep { defined } ( $opt{checkpoint}, $opt{record_log_pos} ) ) { $hc_locks .= ", $table WRITE" unless ( $hc_locks =~ s/$table\s+READ/$table WRITE/ ); } } my $hc_started = time; # count from time lock is granted if ( $opt{dryrun} ) { print "LOCK TABLES $hc_locks\n"; print "FLUSH TABLES /*!32323 $hc_tables */\n"; print "FLUSH LOGS\n" if ( $opt{flushlog} ); print "RESET MASTER\n" if ( $opt{resetmaster} ); print "RESET SLAVE\n" if ( $opt{resetslave} ); } else { my $start = time; $dbh->do("LOCK TABLES $hc_locks"); printf "Locked $num_tables tables in %d seconds.\n", time-$start unless $opt{quiet}; $hc_started = time; # count from time lock is granted # flush tables to make on-disk copy uptodate $start = time; $dbh->do("FLUSH TABLES /*!32323 $hc_tables */"); printf "Flushed tables ($hc_tables) in %d seconds.\n", time-$start unless $opt{quiet}; $dbh->do( "FLUSH LOGS" ) if ( $opt{flushlog} ); $dbh->do( "RESET MASTER" ) if ( $opt{resetmaster} ); $dbh->do( "RESET SLAVE" ) if ( $opt{resetslave} ); if ( $opt{record_log_pos} ) { record_log_pos( $dbh, $opt{record_log_pos} ); $dbh->do("FLUSH TABLES /*!32323 $hc_tables */"); } } my @failed = (); foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) { my @files = map { "$datadir/$rdb->{src}/$_" } @{$rdb->{files}}; next unless @files; eval { copy_files($opt{method}, \@files, $rdb->{target}, $rdb->{raid_dirs} ); }; push @failed, "$rdb->{src} -> $rdb->{target} failed: $@" if ( $@ ); @files = @{$rdb->{index}}; if ($rdb->{index}) { copy_index($opt{method}, \@files, "$datadir/$rdb->{src}", $rdb->{target} ); } if ( $opt{checkpoint} ) { my $msg = ( $@ ) ? "Failed: $@" : "Succeeded"; eval { $dbh->do( qq{ insert into $opt{checkpoint} (src, dest, msg) VALUES ( '$rdb->{src}', '$rdb->{target}', '$msg' ) } ); }; if ( $@ ) { warn "Failed to update checkpoint table: $@\n"; } } } if ( $opt{dryrun} ) { print "UNLOCK TABLES\n"; if ( @existing && !$opt{keepold} ) { my @oldies = map { $_ . '_old' } @existing; print "rm -rf @oldies\n" } $dbh->disconnect(); exit(0); } else { $dbh->do("UNLOCK TABLES"); } my $hc_dur = time - $hc_started; printf "Unlocked tables.\n" unless $opt{quiet}; # # --- HOT-COPY COMPLETE --- ########################### $dbh->disconnect; if ( @failed ) { # hotcopy failed - cleanup # delete any @targets # rename _old copy back to original my @targets = (); foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) { push @targets, $rdb->{target} if ( -d $rdb->{target} ); } print "Deleting @targets \n" if $opt{debug}; print "Deleting @targets \n" if $opt{debug}; rmtree([@targets]); if (@existing) { print "Restoring @existing from back-up\n" if $opt{debug}; foreach my $dir ( @existing ) { rename("${dir}_old", $dir ) or warn "Can't rename ${dir}_old to $dir: $!\n"; } } die join( "\n", @failed ); } else { # hotcopy worked # delete _old unless $opt{keepold} if ( @existing && !$opt{keepold} ) { my @oldies = map { $_ . '_old' } @existing; print "Deleting previous copy in @oldies\n" if $opt{debug}; rmtree([@oldies]); } printf "$0 copied %d tables (%d files) in %d second%s (%d seconds overall).\n", $num_tables, $num_files, $hc_dur, ($hc_dur==1)?"":"s", time - $start_time unless $opt{quiet}; } exit 0; # --- sub copy_files { my ($method, $files, $target, $raid_dirs) = @_; my @cmd; print "Copying ".@$files." files...\n" unless $opt{quiet}; if ($method =~ /^s?cp\b/) { # cp or scp with optional flags my @cp = ($method); # add option to preserve mod time etc of copied files # not critical, but nice to have push @cp, "-p" if $^O =~ m/^(solaris|linux|freebsd|darwin)$/; # add recursive option for scp push @cp, "-r" if $^O =~ /m^(solaris|linux|freebsd|darwin)$/ && $method =~ /^scp\b/; my @non_raid = map { "'$_'" } grep { ! m:/\d{2}/[^/]+$: } @$files; # add files to copy and the destination directory safe_system( @cp, @non_raid, "'$target'" ) if (@non_raid); foreach my $rd ( @$raid_dirs ) { my @raid = map { "'$_'" } grep { m:$rd/: } @$files; safe_system( @cp, @raid, "'$target'/$rd" ) if ( @raid ); } } else { die "Can't use unsupported method '$method'\n"; } } # # Copy only the header of the index file # sub copy_index { my ($method, $files, $source, $target) = @_; my $tmpfile="$opt_tmpdir/mysqlhotcopy$$"; print "Copying indices for ".@$files." files...\n" unless $opt{quiet}; foreach my $file (@$files) { my $from="$source/$file"; my $to="$target/$file"; my $buff; open(INPUT, "<$from") || die "Can't open file $from: $!\n"; my $length=read INPUT, $buff, 2048; die "Can't read index header from $from\n" if ($length < 1024); close INPUT; if ( $opt{dryrun} ) { print "$opt{method}-header $from $to\n"; } elsif ($opt{method} eq 'cp') { open(OUTPUT,">$to") || die "Can\'t create file $to: $!\n"; if (syswrite(OUTPUT,$buff) != length($buff)) { die "Error when writing data to $to: $!\n"; } close OUTPUT || die "Error on close of $to: $!\n"; } elsif ($opt{method} eq 'scp') { my $tmp=$tmpfile; open(OUTPUT,">$tmp") || die "Can\'t create file $tmp: $!\n"; if (syswrite(OUTPUT,$buff) != length($buff)) { die "Error when writing data to $tmp: $!\n"; } close OUTPUT || die "Error on close of $tmp: $!\n"; safe_system("scp $tmp $to"); } else { die "Can't use unsupported method '$opt{method}'\n"; } } unlink "$tmpfile" if ($opt{method} eq 'scp'); } sub safe_system { my @cmd= @_; if ( $opt{dryrun} ) { print "@cmd\n"; return; } ## for some reason system fails but backticks works ok for scp... print "Executing '@cmd'\n" if $opt{debug}; my $cp_status = system "@cmd > /dev/null"; if ($cp_status != 0) { warn "Burp ('scuse me). Trying backtick execution...\n" if $opt{debug}; #' ## try something else `@cmd` && die "Error: @cmd failed ($cp_status) while copying files.\n"; } } sub retire_directory { my ( @dir ) = @_; foreach my $dir ( @dir ) { my $tgt_oldpath = $dir . '_old'; if ( $opt{dryrun} ) { print "rmtree $tgt_oldpath\n" if ( -d $tgt_oldpath ); print "rename $dir, $tgt_oldpath\n"; next; } if ( -d $tgt_oldpath ) { print "Deleting previous 'old' hotcopy directory ('$tgt_oldpath')\n" unless $opt{quiet}; rmtree([$tgt_oldpath]) } rename($dir, $tgt_oldpath) or die "Can't rename $dir=>$tgt_oldpath: $!\n"; print "Existing hotcopy directory renamed to '$tgt_oldpath'\n" unless $opt{quiet}; } } sub record_log_pos { my ( $dbh, $table_name ) = @_; eval { my ($file,$position) = get_row( $dbh, "show master status" ); die "master status is undefined" if !defined $file || !defined $position; my ($master_host, undef, undef, undef, $log_file, $log_pos ) = get_row( $dbh, "show slave status" ); my $hostname = hostname(); $dbh->do( qq{ replace into $table_name set host=?, log_file=?, log_pos=?, master_host=?, master_log_file=?, master_log_pos=? }, undef, $hostname, $file, $position, $master_host, $log_file, $log_pos ); }; if ( $@ ) { warn "Failed to store master position: $@\n"; } } sub get_row { my ( $dbh, $sql ) = @_; my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); $sth->execute; return $sth->fetchrow_array(); } sub scan_raid_dir { my ( $r_db_files, $data_dir, @raid_dir ) = @_; local(*RAID_DIR); foreach my $rd ( @raid_dir ) { opendir(RAID_DIR, "$data_dir/$rd" ) or die "Cannot open dir '$data_dir/$rd': $!"; while ( defined( my $name = readdir RAID_DIR ) ) { $r_db_files->{"$rd/$name"} = $1 if ( $name =~ /(.+)\.\w+$/ ); } closedir( RAID_DIR ); } } sub get_raid_dirs { my ( $r_files ) = @_; my %dirs = (); foreach my $f ( @$r_files ) { if ( $f =~ m:^(\d\d)/: ) { $dirs{$1} = 1; } } return sort keys %dirs; } sub get_list_of_tables { my ( $db ) = @_; # "use database" cannot cope with database names containing spaces # so create a new connection my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:${db}${dsn};mysql_read_default_group=mysqlhotcopy", $opt{user}, $opt{password}, { RaiseError => 1, PrintError => 0, AutoCommit => 1, }); my @dbh_tables = eval { $dbh->tables() }; $dbh->disconnect(); return @dbh_tables; } sub quote_names { my ( $name ) = @_; # given a db.table name, add quotes my ($db, $table, @cruft) = split( /\./, $name ); die "Invalid db.table name '$name'" if (@cruft || !defined $db || !defined $table ); return "`$db`.`$table`"; } __END__ =head1 DESCRIPTION mysqlhotcopy is designed to make stable copies of live MySQL databases. Here "live" means that the database server is running and the database may be in active use. And "stable" means that the copy will not have any corruptions that could occur if the table files were simply copied without first being locked and flushed from within the server. =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item --checkpoint checkpoint-table As each database is copied, an entry is written to the specified checkpoint-table. This has the happy side-effect of updating the MySQL update-log (if it is switched on) giving a good indication of where roll-forward should begin for backup+rollforward schemes. The name of the checkpoint table should be supplied in database.table format. The checkpoint-table must contain at least the following fields: =over 4 time_stamp timestamp not null src varchar(32) dest varchar(60) msg varchar(255) =back =item --record_log_pos log-pos-table Just before the database files are copied, update the record in the log-pos-table from the values returned from "show master status" and "show slave status". The master status values are stored in the log_file and log_pos columns, and establish the position in the binary logs that any slaves of this host should adopt if initialised from this dump. The slave status values are stored in master_host, master_log_file, and master_log_pos, and these are useful if the host performing the dump is a slave and other sibling slaves are to be initialised from this dump. The name of the log-pos table should be supplied in database.table format. A sample log-pos table definition: =over 4 CREATE TABLE log_pos ( host varchar(60) NOT null, time_stamp timestamp(14) NOT NULL, log_file varchar(32) default NULL, log_pos int(11) default NULL, master_host varchar(60) NULL, master_log_file varchar(32) NULL, master_log_pos int NULL, PRIMARY KEY (host) ); =back =item --suffix suffix Each database is copied back into the originating datadir under a new name. The new name is the original name with the suffix appended. If only a single db_name is supplied and the --suffix flag is not supplied, then "--suffix=_copy" is assumed. =item --allowold Move any existing version of the destination to a backup directory for the duration of the copy. If the copy successfully completes, the backup directory is deleted - unless the --keepold flag is set. If the copy fails, the backup directory is restored. The backup directory name is the original name with "_old" appended. Any existing versions of the backup directory are deleted. =item --keepold Behaves as for the --allowold, with the additional feature of keeping the backup directory after the copy successfully completes. =item --flushlog Rotate the log files by executing "FLUSH LOGS" after all tables are locked, and before they are copied. =item --resetmaster Reset the bin-log by executing "RESET MASTER" after all tables are locked, and before they are copied. Usefull if you are recovering a slave in a replication setup. =item --resetslave Reset the master.info by executing "RESET SLAVE" after all tables are locked, and before they are copied. Usefull if you are recovering a server in a mutual replication setup. =item --regexp pattern Copy all databases with names matching the pattern =item db_name./pattern/ Copy only tables matching pattern. Shell metacharacters ( (, ), |, !, etc.) have to be escaped (e.g. \). For example, to select all tables in database db1 whose names begin with 'foo' or 'bar': mysqlhotcopy --indices --method=cp db1./^\(foo\|bar\)/ =item db_name./~pattern/ Copy only tables not matching pattern. For example, to copy tables that do not begin with foo nor bar: mysqlhotcopy --indices --method=cp db1./~^\(foo\|bar\)/ =item -?, --help Display helpscreen and exit =item -u, --user=# user for database login if not current user =item -p, --password=# password to use when connecting to the server. Note that you are strongly encouraged *not* to use this option as every user would be able to see the password in the process list. Instead use the '[mysqlhotcopy]' section in one of the config files, normally /etc/my.cnf or your personal ~/.my.cnf. (See the chapter 'my.cnf Option Files' in the manual) =item -h, -h, --host=# Hostname for local server when connecting over TCP/IP. By specifying this different from 'localhost' will trigger mysqlhotcopy to use TCP/IP connection. =item -P, --port=# port to use when connecting to MySQL server with TCP/IP. This is only used when using the --host option. =item -S, --socket=# UNIX domain socket to use when connecting to local server =item --noindices Don\'t include index files in copy. Only up to the first 2048 bytes are copied; You can restore the indexes with isamchk -r or myisamchk -r on the backup. =item --method=# method for copy (only "cp" currently supported). Alpha support for "scp" was added in November 2000. Your experience with the scp method will vary with your ability to understand how scp works. 'man scp' and 'man ssh' are your friends. The destination directory _must exist_ on the target machine using the scp method. --keepold and --allowold are meeningless with scp. Liberal use of the --debug option will help you figure out what\'s really going on when you do an scp. Note that using scp will lock your tables for a _long_ time unless your network connection is _fast_. If this is unacceptable to you, use the 'cp' method to copy the tables to some temporary area and then scp or rsync the files at your leisure. =item -q, --quiet be silent except for errors =item --debug Debug messages are displayed =item -n, --dryrun Display commands without actually doing them =back =head1 WARRANTY This software is free and comes without warranty of any kind. You should never trust backup software without studying the code yourself. Study the code inside this script and only rely on it if I<you> believe that it does the right thing for you. Patches adding bug fixes, documentation and new features are welcome. Please send these to internals@lists.mysql.com. =head1 TO DO Extend the individual table copy to allow multiple subsets of tables to be specified on the command line: mysqlhotcopy db newdb t1 t2 /^foo_/ : t3 /^bar_/ : + where ":" delimits the subsets, the /^foo_/ indicates all tables with names begining with "foo_" and the "+" indicates all tables not copied by the previous subsets. newdb is either another not existing database or a full path to a directory where we can create a directory 'db' Add option to lock each table in turn for people who don\'t need cross-table integrity. Add option to FLUSH STATUS just before UNLOCK TABLES. Add support for other copy methods (eg tar to single file?). Add support for forthcoming MySQL ``RAID'' table subdirectory layouts. =head1 AUTHOR Tim Bunce Martin Waite - added checkpoint, flushlog, regexp and dryrun options Fixed cleanup of targets when hotcopy fails. Added --record_log_pos. RAID tables are now copied (don't know if this works over scp). Ralph Corderoy - added synonyms for commands Scott Wiersdorf - added table regex and scp support Monty - working --noindex (copy only first 2048 bytes of index file) Fixes for --method=scp Ask Bjoern Hansen - Cleanup code to fix a few bugs and enable -w again. Emil S. Hansen - Added resetslave and resetmaster. Jeremy D. Zawodny - Removed depricated DBI calls. Fixed bug which resulted in nothing being copied when a regexp was specified but no database name(s). Martin Waite - Fix to handle database name that contains space. Paul DuBois - Remove end '/' from directory names