Database Administrators Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for database professionals who wish to improve their database skills and learn from others in the community. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
Please help!
There are server issues and MySql is no longer running on our server (Ubuntu). The service is not recognized and needs to be reinstalled. Unfortunately, the database has not been backed up for 48 hours and that is a lot of information.
How do I reinstall MySql AND keep all my database data? Please note - I can't access mysql at all. I can't use command line mysql nor phpmyadmin.
Thanks in advance and let me know if I am missing important details.
If the database files are accessible, you can follow these steps:
mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql.bkpsudo apt-get install mysql-server sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stopmv /var/lib/mysql.bkp /var/lib/mysqlsudo /etc/init.d/mysql startIt should work if you don't have any table file corruption.
