{"id":2050,"date":"2015-05-02T20:39:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T19:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2015-05-02T20:39:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T19:39:39","slug":"how-to-backup-all-mysql-databases-in-plesk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/how-to-backup-all-mysql-databases-in-plesk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: Backup all MySQL Databases in Plesk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mysql.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mysql-300x157.gif\" alt=\"mysql\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a>Sometimes you need to make a dump of all MySQL databases, possibly prior to an upgrade or before you apply a required fix.<\/p>\n<p>I prefer to dump all database as .SQL as an added safety measure, just in case a back out plan is required.<\/p>\n<p>First we create a folder for our database dumps:<\/p>\n<pre># mkdir \/root\/mysqlbackup<\/pre>\n<p>If you are running Plesk, let&#8217;s take a dump of the psa database:<\/p>\n<pre># mysqldump -uadmin -p`cat \/etc\/psa\/.psa.shadow ` psa &gt; \/root\/mysqlbackup\/psa.`date +%F_%H.%M`.sql<\/pre>\n<p>We certainly want a dump of the mysql database itself:<\/p>\n<pre># mysqldump -uadmin -p`cat \/etc\/psa\/.psa.shadow ` mysql &gt; \/root\/mysqlbackup\/mysql.`date +%F_%H.%M`.sql<\/pre>\n<p>Now we can perform a dump of all other databases:<\/p>\n<pre># mysqldump -uadmin -p`cat \/etc\/psa\/.psa.shadow ` --all-databases &gt; \/root\/mysqlbackup\/all.`date +%F_%H.%M`.sql<\/pre>\n<p>If you now need to complete a MySQL upgrade (which may have failed prior) you can complete it as follows:<\/p>\n<pre># mysql_upgrade -uadmin -p` cat \/etc\/psa\/.psa.shadow ` --debug-check --debug-info --verbose<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you need to make a dump of all MySQL databases, possibly prior to an upgrade or before you apply a required fix. 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