[mythtv-users] URGENT HELP!!! Where does mythtv-setup put the backup after a schema update? SOLVED?

[Michael Jones]

Mike,

Your description seems simple enough.. I'll grab them and get them in  
when the rest of the system is "working" after my disaster..

Thanks for the recommendation.
- Michael
On May 12, 2008, at 2:43 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 05/12/2008 04:41 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>> Thanks for all the help.. I took the advice to go back to last week's
>> backup.
>
> Good.  Though you probably wouldn't have noticed problems for a  
> while if
> you tried making the upgraded database work, you almost definitely  
> would
> have after upgrading to the next version of MythTV (which would have
> been far enough in the future that you wouldn't have the option of  
> going
> back to a good pre-upgrade backup).
>
>>  I also (thanks Marc for the backup script) am backing up the
>> database daily to cycle weekly.
>
> The backup/restore scripts that I linked to at
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/333729#333729 would
> handle automatically rotating the backups for you.  And, it would
> /really/ be nice to have a lot of users testing them before 0.22 goes
> final (when they will be part of everyone's installation).
>
> They work on all versions of MythTV.  They've had a /lot/ of  
> testing.  I
> stand by them.  I use them on all my production systems.  I just  
> need a
> lot /of different people/ to start testing them.
>
> And, though the scripts are long, they're easy to use.  The "Quick
> Start" section at the end of the --help output:
> -----
> QUICK START:
>
> Create a file ~/.mythtv/backuprc with a single line,
> "DBBackupDirectory=/home/mythtv" (no quotes), and run this script to
> create a
> database backup. Use the --verbose argument to see what's happening.
>
> # echo "DBBackupDirectory=/home/mythtv" > ~/.mythtv/backuprc
> # /usr/local/bin/database_mythconverg_backup.pl --verbose
>
> Make sure you keep the backuprc file for next time.  Once you've
> successfully
> created a backup, the script may be run without the --verbose  
> argument.
> -----
>
> And, if you want to keep backups for a week, just:
>
> # echo "rotate=7" >> ~/.mythtv/backuprc
>
> after running the echo above.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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