Well, I am far from an expert, if that's what you mean. But I will stop both the apache and the MySQL server. I guess I can only make the recommended dumps when the server is running. But after that, I can stop the servers. Right?
Best regards, Jon Theil Nielsen ons. 1. nov. 2017 kl. 21.41 skrev Jan Steinman <[email protected]>: > > From: "Greg Rundlett (freephile)" <[email protected]> > > > > Go ahead and stop Apache, and if you haven't already, make a disk copy of > > your mysql data directory for backups. > > Minor point, but I don’t know how much the OP knows about MySQL: be sure > to stop mysql, too! Otherwise, a disk copy of the database may not be in a > recoverable state. > > The BEST thing is to use mysqldump to make a “source code” dump of your > database. > > :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- Jon Theil Nielsen _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
