[mythtv-users] REMINDER: Back Up Your Database.

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/30/2013 11:32 PM, Andrew C. (AFPup) Stadt wrote:
> I do have to admit that at one point, mythconverg_backup stopped 
> working for me.  I had transitioned from packages to git, and somehow 
> an outdated backup script got left in my path.  Of course I figured 
> this out when I needed the backup.  Luckily the fs that hosted the 
> database had been backed up... but..

Yes, an old mythconverg_backup.pl won't work with the new format of 
config.xml (but a new mythconverg_backup.pl will work with either an old 
or a new format config.xml).  Or, put another way, a current 
mythconverg_backup.pl script will work with any version of MythTV ever 
released.

So, as Andrew rightly indicates, anyone out there who's been using 
MythTV for years (since before 0.25) should check to make sure their 
backups are still working properly.

Note, too, that you can always explicitly specify all the database 
connection details in ~/.mythtv/backuprc (as described in 
mythconverg_backup.pl --help --help ).  The upside is that your backup 
script will continue to work, regardless of changes to config.xml 
(and/or our no longer using mysql.txt or whatever).  The downside is 
that you have one more place to update when you change DB connection 
information (i.e. changing the network configuration or whatever).

Mike