Hello Alan, > Hi List, > The "OT" in the subject is because this is an Oracle list and my question > is (mostly) geared to MySQL. > > I've been asked (by a project manager) to perform a healthcheck on a > MySQL database before we take over administration. I found myself googling > for something as simple as a Healthcheck. > > Now, my question to the list is what does a MySQL healthcheck entail? > > I checked that the data is in a separate filesystem and that it has > plenty of room, and some my.cnf parameters, but I'm worried about > transaction log rotation and stuff like that. Not to mention I didn't even > start checking if they are using innodb or if there are any MyISAM > tables... not to mention there's no backup policy implemented yet which > means we'll have to consider backups at a later time (which may require > additional software). This will sound like a plug for my blog, but I wrote an article on continuous data protection for MySQL with rsnapshot<http://itdavid.blogspot.ca/2013/02/mysql-backup-and-recovery.html>. It might be a good starting point. HTH, DA+ > Thanks in advance > Alan.- -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l