I have a server with a lot of domains and a bigger space ocupied. I want to make something like this batch but I need a separated tar file per domain.

I have a vhost directory with a various subdirectoris (one per domain), ¿is it possible, with tar, to make one different file per directory?

Sorry for my poor english :-(

FILE=$BACKUP/mysql-$db.$NOW-$(date +"%T").gz

i.e. set time in hour_minute_seconds_am_OR_pm format

FILE=$BACKUP/mysql-$db.$NOW-$(date +"%l_%M_%S_%P").gz

My fs-i tar’s transfer just great. They complete, and it begins to transfer mysql.XX-XX-2010-HH:MM;SS.gz and finally I get an error “lost data connection to remote host: Broken pipe.”

Then it tries to tranfer others and i get a “put *: could not send file to remote host.” error.

Any tips?

The backup script is great. But i have very limited space in the ftp backup. If there a way to have an addon to the script to remove old backups and keep 7 incremental backups and 4 weekly backups?

I was only wondering if there is a possibilyt to exclude file extensions like .zip

some questions…

# ftp connection drop
What would happen if during the FTP transfer procedure my second server – which receives the transfer of the backed up files – goes down, or drops the FTP connection. Will the whole process be terminated, or will it try to reconnect and try to continue uploading the files? Will I get any notification about any of those? (Sorry if it is obvious, but I am a noob :)
(( My second server is a shared hosting at HostGator, with an unlimited storage plan. Just ideal fore storing the files, but the FTP connection is crappy and fluctuating, sometimes drops because of the heavy shared usage ))

# free space requirements
please correct me (orr approve) if I get it wrong:
the script copies the files directly into the tar-ed gzip-ed archive, so the required free space on the originating server is equal to the space requirement of the gzip-ed files. For instance:
If the size of all my website files (altogether) is 1 GB and i have some smaller mysql (e.g. joomla) databases lets say 100 MB altogether, than i would need approximately 2,2 GB free space to back them up successfully. Is this rule ( [occupied space] x 2 ) a good way to estimate the free space needed for the backup process?
((On my primary server i have very limited space, since it is a virtual server, and the storage enhancement is expensive, so i would like to buy as small storage space as possible ))

### Dump backup using FTP ###
#Start FTP backup using ncftp
#ncftp -u $FTPU -p $FTPP $FTPS<<EOF
# Login, run get files
ftp -inv $FTPS <<EOF
quote USER $FTPU
quote PASS $FTPP
mkdir $FTPD
mkdir $FTPD/$NOW
cd $FTPD/$NOW
lcd $BACKUP
binary
mput *
quit
EOF

Perhaps this will help someone out that has the same issue.

Thanks!

I’m having some problem with the script. I seem to be having problem with the ncftp usage.

The backup files are being created on the temp folder however it will not upload it on my FTP and I am receiving the “Failed backup” email.

I run the script and here’s what I’m getting:

–
/var/lib/mysql/eximstats/sends.MYI
/var/lib/mysql/eximstats/smtp.MYD
/var/lib/mysql/eximstats/smtp.MYI
mysqldump: Got error: 1033: Incorrect information in file: ‘./horde/horde_sessionhandler.frm’ when using LOCK TABLES
mysqldump: Got error: 1033: Incorrect information in file: ‘./roundcube/cache.frm’ when using LOCK TABLES
/root/ncftpd-2.8.6/glibc2.5/ncftpd: illegal option — i
Usage: ncftpd [flags]

Optional Flags (usually set in general config file):
-p XX : Use port XX for control connection (and XX – 1 for data).
-n XX[,YY] : Allow maximum of XX concurrent server users (max-users); keep
at least YY processes running to serve users (min-users).
-v : Increase logging verbosity.
-q : Do not echo log messages to the screen.
-Q : Force echo of log messages to the screen, even if not a tty
(Default is to echo automatically if it is a terminal).
-e : Print the detected hostname and exit.
-b : Print the version information and exit.
-d : Run as background daemon.
Exiting.
–

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

how shall I fix it?