Recently, I had a chance to test the community edition of Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL. I was partly testing to make sure it worked with MariaDB, Monty Program's drop-in replacement for MySQL, ...

Yep, just copy the files and make sure the permissions are right.<BR><BR>If you don't copy the mysql/ database, you'll have to redo all your grants.

If a web-based GUI is better suited to your admin skills, Jack Wallen wants to show you how to back up and restore your MySQL/MariaDB databases with one of the easiest tools on the market.