Ira Abramov wrote: > > I'm trying to find a simple a-b-c cookbook for Unix admins that are not > fluent in DB administration (i.e. myself dor instance). methods for > backup or replication and their pros and cons, how to dump and restore > the DB for backup and migration, and basic debugging and user > management. those subjects seem to be spread around long manuals or not > detailed enough in all the places I look. I don't intend to become a DBA > or anything, just do basic admin procedures for a PHP app or two I want > to run on my web server. > > so, does anyone know such a simple howto or even a DTF book from > O'Reiley? "basic MySQL operations for sysadmins" or something..
In an amazing coincidence, when I received your e-mail, I was exactly in the middle of reading a (for-newbies) guide that covers most of the issues you listed: http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/Backing-up-and-restoring-your-MySQL-Database It was published yesterday (coincidence too). -- Eli Marmor [EMAIL PROTECTED] CTO, Founder Netmask (El-Mar) Internet Technologies Ltd. __________________________________________________________ Tel.: +972-9-766-1020 8 Yad-Harutzim St. Fax.: +972-9-766-1314 P.O.B. 7004 Mobile: +972-50-23-7338 Kfar-Saba 44641, Israel ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]