The next blog entry should be a step-by-step restore procedure using the actual backups below.
Test Environment:
CentOS 5.x
MySQL 5.0 (distro version)
Percona Xtrabackup 2.0.3 installed as per this howto
Backup Directory Structure
/bkp
/bkp/Hourly
/bkp/Daily
/bkp/Monthly
Script Output Log Directory
/tmp
Script Directory
/scripts
Disclaimer: I do not guarantee this is the BEST way of doing this, but it works for me. Copy and paste the following into a *.sh file in your scripts directory. Ensure the executable flag is set
chmod +x scriptname.sh
Actual Scripts
innodb_backup_monthly.sh
#!/bin/sh
# An InnoDB Backup Script to backup database Monthly
#
# Written by: Noveck Gowandan
# 02-10-2012
# Version 1.1
# Modified filename convention
# Uses tar-gzip to further compress final archive
# Added script timer and modified output to log time
# Start timer
time_start=`date +%s`
# Go to backup location and create Monthly folder with datestamp
cd /bkp/
mkdir M_db_$(date +%Y%m%d)
# Execute backup using innobackupex and send to folder created previously
innobackupex --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --user=****** --password=****** --databases=mydbname /bkp/M_db_$(date +%Y%m%d)
# Compress backup into a tarball
tar czf mydbname_$(date +%Y%m%d).tgz M_db*
# Backup rotation section
rm -rf M_db*
rm -rf /bkp/Monthly/$(date +"%B")
mkdir /bkp/Monthly/$(date +"%B")
mv mydbname* /bkp/Monthly/$(date +"%B")
# Stop timer and calculate total time
time_end=`date +%s`
total_time=`expr $(( $time_end - $time_start ))`
# Log output: datestamp and time takes to execute
echo "____________" >> /tmp/db_backup_monthly.log
date >> /tmp/db_backup_monthly.log
echo "Execution Time was $total_time seconds." >> /tmp/db_backup_monthly.log
innodb_backup_monthly.sh
#!/bin/sh
# An InnoDB Backup Script to backup database DAILY
#
# Written by: Noveck Gowandan
# 02-10-2012
# Version 1.1
# Modified filename convention
# Uses tar-gzip to further compress final archive
# Added script timer and modified output to log time
# An InnoDB Backup Script to backup database DAILY
#
# Written by: Noveck Gowandan
# 02-10-2012
# Version 1.1
# Modified filename convention
# Uses tar-gzip to further compress final archive
# Added script timer and modified output to log time
# Start timer
time_start=`date +%s`
time_start=`date +%s`
# Go to backup location and create Daily folder with datestamp
cd /bkp/
mkdir D_db_$(date +%Y%m%d)
# Execute backup using innobackupex and send to folder created previously
innobackupex --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --user=****** --password=****** --databases=mydbname /bkp/D_db_$(date +%Y%m%d)
# Compress backup into a tarball
tar czf mydbname_$(date +%Y%m%d).tgz D_db*
# Backup rotation section
rm -rf D_db*
rm -rf /bkp/Daily/$(date +"%A")
mkdir /bkp/Daily/$(date +"%A")
mv mydbname* /bkp/Daily/$(date +"%A")
# Stop timer and calculate total time
time_end=`date +%s`
total_time=`expr $(( $time_end - $time_start ))`
# Log output: datestamp and time takes to execute
echo "____________" >> /tmp/db_backup_daily.log
date >> /tmp/db_backup_daily.log
echo "Execution Time was $total_time seconds." >> /tmp/db_backup_daily.log
innodb_backup_hourly.sh
#!/bin/sh
# An InnoDB Backup Script to backup database HOURLY
#
# Written by: Noveck Gowandan
# 02-10-2012
# Version 1.1
# Modified filename convention
# Added script timer and modified output to log time
# An InnoDB Backup Script to backup database HOURLY
#
# Written by: Noveck Gowandan
# 02-10-2012
# Version 1.1
# Modified filename convention
# Added script timer and modified output to log time
# Start timer
time_start=`date +%s`
time_start=`date +%s`
# Go to backup location and create Hourly folder with datestamp
cd /bkp/
mkdir H_db_$(date +%Y%m%d)
cd /bkp/
mkdir H_db_$(date +%Y%m%d)
# Execute backup using innobackupex and send to folder created previously
innobackupex --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --user=****** --password=****** --databases=mydbname /bkp/H_db_$(date +%Y%m%d)
innobackupex --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --user=****** --password=****** --databases=mydbname /bkp/H_db_$(date +%Y%m%d)
# Backup rotation section
rm -rf /bkp/Hourly/$(date +"%H")
mkdir /bkp/Hourly/$(date +"%H")
mv H_db* /bkp/Hourly/$(date +"%H")
rm -rf /bkp/Hourly/$(date +"%H")
mkdir /bkp/Hourly/$(date +"%H")
mv H_db* /bkp/Hourly/$(date +"%H")
# Stop timer and calculate total time
time_end=`date +%s`
total_time=`expr $(( $time_end - $time_start ))`
time_end=`date +%s`
total_time=`expr $(( $time_end - $time_start ))`
# Log output: datestamp and time takes to execute
echo "____________" >> /tmp/db_backup_hourly.log
date >> /tmp/db_backup_hourly.log
echo "Execution Time was $total_time seconds." >> /tmp/db_backup_hourly.log
echo "____________" >> /tmp/db_backup_hourly.log
date >> /tmp/db_backup_hourly.log
echo "Execution Time was $total_time seconds." >> /tmp/db_backup_hourly.log