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mylvmbackup 0.3 now released

Posted by Lenz Grimmer on

I am happy to announce version 0.3 of mylvmbackup, a tool that performs consistent backups of a MySQL server's tables using Linux LVM snapshots.

Special thanks go to Fred Blaise, who contributed the majority of the new features that have been added to this new release:

  • It is now possible to use an external configuration file /etc/mylvmbackup.conf to store the options. This is probably more convenient than having to pass a slew of options on the command line or having to hack the script itself to change the default values. This new feature requires the Config::IniFiles Perl module to be installed, a sample configuration file is included in the package.
  • The logging to the console has been visually enhanced by including a time stamp and the message category (e.g. Info, Warning or Error). In addition to that, it is now possible to log messages to a local or remote syslog server. This feature requires the Sys::Syslog Perl module.
  • The man page has now been converted into an asciidoc file, which makes it easier to generate other document formats as well, e.g. a HTML version.
  • Several small bugs have been fixed, too: see the ChangeLog for details.
If you are looking for a convenient backup tool to create fast and consistent MySQL backups, please give mylvmbackup a try! You feedback is appreciated. A tarball and RPM are now available for download from the project's home page. Thanks!

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