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		<title>MySQL Backup Concepts for (Linux) System Administrators &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/22185/mysql-backup-concepts-for-linux-system-administrators-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcormond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, My name is James McOrmond. I am a MySQL DBA (and part time SysAdmin) at the &#8216;The Pythian Group&#8217; headquarters here in Ottawa. In my previous employment I was the primary System Administrator for a local Linux OS software company (for over 8 years). Server backups were of course something I was doing as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Oracle RMAN 11g Backup and Recovery&#8221; book</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/11579/oracle-rman-11g-backup-and-recovery-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisher Yuldashev</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most critical skills of any Oracle DBA is the ability to prevent a system crash and to restore and recover the system in case of a disaster. The &#8220;Oracle RMAN 11g Backup and Recovery&#8221; book by Robert G. Freeman and Matthew Hart is a resource that can definitely help to acquire the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backups in SQL Server 2005/2008, Part 1: The Basics</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/3099/backups-in-sql-server-20052008part-1-the-basics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Presley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first post in a series dedicated to exploring the backup and availability options in SQL Server 2005 and 2008. It is aimed at anyone unfamiliar with the database backup options in SQL Server 2005 and 2008. I&#8217;m not going to explore every single option or scenario, the goal is to give you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MySQL 5.1 and InnoDB Hot Backup Gotcha</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/3734/mysql-51-and-innodb-hot-backup-gotcha/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pythian.com/news/3734/mysql-51-and-innodb-hot-backup-gotcha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Singer Wang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently while we were building a slave with a newer version of MySQL 5.1 from an InnoDB Hot backup, the following error occurred when we ran mysql_upgrade: mysql.time_zone OK mysql.time_zone_leap_second OK mysql.time_zone_name OK mysql.time_zone_transition OK mysql.time_zone_transition_type OK mysql.user OK Running 'mysql_fix_privilege_tables'... ERROR 13 (HY000) at line 311: Can't get stat of './mysql/general_log.CSV' (Errcode: 2) ERROR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>InnoDB Hot Backup Utility Bug</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/1500/innodb-hot-backup-utility-bug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Singer Wang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are using InnoDB Hot Backup utility and the innobackup.pl wrapper script, be very careful if you are not running backups under the system mysql user. There is a bug which causes InnoDB Hot Backup to sometimes report a successful backup when it actually failed. The last few dozen lines of the output was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes a Good DBA?</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/1169/what-makes-a-good-dba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I had a new idea for a blog post. A post about what it really takes to be a good database administrator. I began by researching what others had done on the topic. At the end of this post you will find links to six of the posts I found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MySQL Backup Presentation Online</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/1070/mysql-backup-presentation-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finished uploading the backup presentation that I did last Monday at the Boston MySQL User&#8217;s Group. It is here: http://www.paragon-cs.com/presentations. I cover the basics of backup/recovery and disaster planning. Total time is about an hour and three minutes. It was a lot of fun and the Bostonians seem to appreciate it. Thanks, Sheeri for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backups: A Video Presentation By Keith Murphy From the June 2008 Boston MySQL User Group</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/1066/backups-a-video-presentation-by-keith-murphy-from-the-june-2008-boston-mysql-user-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boston MySQL User Group was lucky enough to get Keith Murphy to speak at the June User Group meeting, about backups. The slides are at: http://www.paragon-cs.com/presentations/backups.pdf Direct play the video at: http://technocation.org/node/559/play Direct download the video (351 MB) at: http://technocation.org/node/559/download Links referred to in the presentation: MyLVMBackup by Lenz Grimmer http://lenz.homelinux.org/mylvmbackup/ InnoDB Hot Backup: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Assume Anything</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/965/dont-assume-anything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Ashlock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll preface this post with a note that the story itself is not really work- or DBA-related, but the lessons learned certainly are. I consider myself fairly conscientious when it comes to internet security and backing up my most important files (pictures of kids, music, etc), and I am diligent about taking at least a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MySQL Charging for Features?  ZOMG!</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/945/mysql-charging-for-features-zomg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 3 words: They already do. MySQL Enterprise is more than just a binary. http://mysql.com/products/enterprise/ has the details on the other features MySQL Enterprise includes. One of these features is the MySQL Enterprise Monitor, which is closed source, proprietary alerting software. So when bloggers make statements such as: MySQL will start offering some features (specifically [...]]]></description>
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