ashrafsharif
ashrafsharif
/ xtrabackup.sh
Created
January 11, 2021 05:17
A bash script to create xtrabackup full and incremental backups using cron.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Create a full or incremental xtrabackup | |
| # In the cron job, set it like below: | |
| ## xtrabackup weekly full backup (Saturday, 9 PM UTC == Sunday, 5 AM MYT) | |
| ## 0 21 * * 6 /root/backups/scripts/xtrabackup.sh full > /dev/null | |
| ## xtrabackup daily incremental backup (Sunday->Friday, 9 PM UTC == Monday->Saturday, 5 AM MYT) | |
| ## 0 21 * * 0-5 /root/backups/scripts/xtrabackup.sh incremental > /dev/null | |
| # Note: | |
| ## - For every full backup taken, all created incremental backups will be deleted. |