backup
Backup your site files
Backup directory and subdirectories tar -c –recursion -p –file=mysite.backup.tar mysite/ -c create an archive –recursion all subdirectories -p preserve files permissions –file file output Compress gzip mysite.backup.tar
Synchronize and back up all your important files
GoodSync automatically synchronizes and backs up all your important files between all your desktops, laptops, servers, and external drives. There is also a free version! Download it from here.
How to backup or Mirror a Subversion Repository
Mirror SVN Repository svnadmin hotcopy /path/to/repository /path/to/mirror Backup SVN Repository svnadmin dump /path/to/repository > /path/to/repository.dump Backup SVN Repository and compress it svnadmin dump /path/to/repository | gzip > /path/to/repository.dump.gz Backup SVN Repository, compress it and move it to another machine with scp svnadmin dump /path/to/repository | gzip > /path/to/repository.dump.gz ; scp -rp /path/to/repository.dump.gz [...]
Create Backup in Windows using WbAdmin
There is a great tool in Windows to make backups, create scheduled backups and more. It’s name is WbAdmin. For example: To perform a backup of c:\dir1 to volume d: wbadmin start backup –backupTarget:d: -include:c\dir1 –systemstate -vsscopy
Backup your server files easily with rsync
If you would like to back up a directory on your server and copy only changed files to your local machine, you can use the rsync tool. Just issue the following command: rsync -vare ssh username@myserver.com:/home/username/myfiles/* /home/username/myserverbackups/ That’s it!
Backup SQL Server Database
To create a Full Database Backup using transact sql is simple. The following sql code does the trick: USE database_name; GO BACKUP DATABASE database_name TO DISK = ‘D:\DatabaseBackups\database_name.bak’ WITH FORMAT, MEDIANAME = ‘D_Backups’, NAME = ‘Full Backup of database_name‘; GO
Backup MySQL Database
If you would like to take a mysql database backup from the terminal, all you have to do is to type the command below: mysqldump –opt -h localhost –user=root –password=your_password database_name > database_name_backup.sql that’s it!