Backup Agents and Tools Raw: mysqlsnapshot

The mysqlsnapshot perl script* is designed as way of easily backing up My/ISAM tables (only) on the same filesystem, especially for creating slaves. It will tar up all the DBs, bin-logs, and even gzip them by individual DB names.
For using mysqlsnapshot (My/ISAM only) and taring to tape: # mysqlsnapshot -u root -p pass -s /root/mysql-snap/ -f -n --split \ && tar cvf /dev/tape /root/mysql-snap \ && echo All Done :\)
* To download the mysqlsnapshot scipt, go here: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mysqlsnapshot/

The mysqlsnapshot perl script* is designed as way of easily backing up My/ISAM tables (only) on the same filesystem, especially for creating slaves. It will tar up all the DBs, bin-logs, and even gzip them by individual DB names.