[mythtv-users] 5 Db rotate

[Daryl McDonald]

On Nov 22, 2014 10:08 AM, "Stephen Worthington" <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>
wrote:
>
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 09:23:31 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Greetings Mythizens, I remember in previous setups having the 5 latest Db
> >backups kept in /var/lib/mythtv/db_backups. That's not happening now, I
am
> >getting mythbuntu backups as a result of MCC, but they don't rotate, I go
> >in and cull once in a while. From looking at the wiki I have the backup
and
> >restore scripts in /usr/share/mythtv, and I echo'd the location I want
the
> >backups to land in, my question is how do I set the frequency to daily
and
> >select the time? IIRC this used to happen without a cron job.
> >Sort of related the box doesn't wakeup for Db backups or MFDB's is this
> >even possible?     TIA Daryl
>
> In Mythbuntu, the backups are normally done weekly by a cron job that
> is installed by one of the Mythbuntu packages:
>
>   /etc/cron.weekly/mythtv-database
>
> That file contains this in 14.04:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # /etc/cron.weekly/mythtv-database script - check and backup
> mythconverg tables
> # Copyright 2005/12/02 2006/10/08 Paul Andreassen
> #                      2010 Mario Limonciello
>
> set -e -u
>
> DBNAME="mythconverg"
> DEBIAN="--defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
>
> /usr/bin/mysqlcheck $DEBIAN -s $DBNAME
>
> /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_backup.pl
>
> /usr/bin/logger -p daemon.info -i -t${0##*/} "$DBNAME checked and
> backedup."
>
> # End of file.
>
>
> I have put a modified copy of that file in /etc/cron.daily to also do
> daily backups to another PC on my network:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # /etc/cron.weekly/mythtv-database script - check and backup
> mythconverg tables
> # Copyright 2005/12/02 2006/10/08 Paul Andreassen
> #                      2010 Mario Limonciello
>
> # JSW Modified for /etc/cron.daily backups to a network drive.
>
> set -e -u
>
> DBNAME="mythconverg"
> DEBIAN="--defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
>
> # Debug:
> /usr/bin/logger -p daemon.info -i -t${0##*/} "Debug: $DBNAME
> cron.daily checking started."
>
> /usr/bin/mysqlcheck $DEBIAN -s $DBNAME
>
> # Debug:
> /usr/bin/logger -p daemon.info -i -t${0##*/} "Debug: $DBNAME
> cron.daily checking finished, backup starting."
>
> /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_backup.pl --directory
> "/mnt/savaidh/ldrive/Backups/MythTV_db_backup/mypvr"
>
> /usr/bin/logger -p daemon.info -i -t${0##*/} "$DBNAME checked and
> backedup."
>
> # End of file.
>
>
> The real work is done by the /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_backup.pl
> script, which is where the default rotation is set.  Use
>
>   /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_backup.pl --help
>
> and
>
>   /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_backup.pl --help --help
>
> for help.  It looks like there is a --rotate option to override the
> default value.
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Default value is acceptable, mythconverg is not backing up on its own, I
have to run the script, I can't confirm or deny whether it is rotating or
not at this point. Do I need to disable MCC backups for mythconverg to run
automatic?
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