Automatically Backup MySQL database on linux server

Question

I need a script that automatically makes a backup of a MySql Database. I know there are a lot of posts and scripts out there on this topic already but here is where mine differs

Answer 1

You can do most of this with a one-line cronjob set to run every 30 minutes:

mysqldump -u -p  > /path/to/dumps/db.$(date +%a.%H:%M).dump

This will create a database dump every 30 minutes, and every week it'll start overwriting the previous week's dumps.

Then have another cronjob that runs once a week that copies the most recent dump to a separate location where you're keeping snapshots.