MySql BackUp

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Hi,
my back up through mysql admin kept crashing, obviously, its a huge 166 tables database. doing some research i found that straight mysql code will help, but where to run this code. is it just a php script ??
any help would be much appreciated
Thanks

 
globalnerds replied on at Permalink Reply
globalnerds
Are you running the backup from within the dashboard? If so, what error message(s) are you getting?
wissam replied on at Permalink Reply
im exporting from phpMyAdmin, after i hit go i get
"the website cannot display the web page"
i also tried doing it from dashboard and had this error :

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /usr/home/axsapt/www/htdocs/concrete/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 73
globalnerds replied on at Permalink Reply
globalnerds
That would be an issue on either the db or the server it is on. I would contact your hosting provider, this is an issue on their end.
wissam replied on at Permalink Reply
I edited the PHP.INI file and changed the maximum execution time from 30 to 120 just to fall in to another issue... could not allocate memory etc.. so again I edited the memory to maximum allowed by the host 528M but didn't do the trick.
now i downloaded PUTTY and I was told to be careful running Linux commands. would be much appreciated if any one could give me a step by step directions on backing up the database.
thanks
wissam replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
was not that complicated
set the working directory
cd /usr/home/domaine/backup/...
and then back up the database
mysqldump --add-drop-table -u db_username -p db_name > mybackup.sql