Server Backup Strategies Imaging & tarballs

Code:
#!/bin/bash

#Change These Vars to suit your needs



BACKUPDIR='/media/Flash'

DIR='backup'

DATE=`date +%a-%d-%b-%Y-%I%M%S-%p-%Z`

SERVER=`uname -n`

DBUSER='root'

DBPASS='yourrootpasswordhere'



#BEGIN



echo "Starting backup for $SERVER..."



mkdir -p $BACKUPDIR/$DIR/$DATE



# System Files Backup



echo "Backing up maillogconvert.pl ..."

cp /usr/sbin/maillogconvert.pl $BACKUPDIR/$DIR/$DATE/



echo "Dumping $SERVER MySQL databases files..."

mysqldump -u $DBUSER -p$DBASS --all-databases > /var/lib/mysql/alldatabases.sql



echo "Backing up $SERVER /etc..."

tar -cvzPf $BACKUPDIR/$DIR/$DATE/$DATE-$SERVER-etc.tar.gz /etc



echo "Backing up $SERVER /var/ (logs and www mail and ispcp) ..."

tar -cvzPf $BACKUPDIR/$DIR/$DATE/$DATE-$SERVER-var.tar.gz /var/



echo "Backing up $SERVER /root..."

tar -cvzPf $BACKUPDIR/$DIR/$DATE/$DATE-$SERVER-root.tar.gz /root



echo "Backing up $SERVER MySQL configuration files..."

tar -cvzPf $BACKUPDIR/$DIR/$DATE/$DATE-$SERVER-mysql.tar.gz /var/lib/mysql



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