MySQL Data migration from one server box to another

Here’s a quick way to move data from one MySQL server to another

Let source box be ServerOne, and the target box be ServerTwo. (user-names and schema names are indicative) –

1. On ServerOne,
   1. mysqldump -u username -p db_name > data-dump.sql  (provide password when asked)
   2. scp data-dump.sql serverTwoUsername@ServerTwo:~/
2. On ServerTwo
   1. mysql -u username -p
   2. create schema schema-name;
   3. exit
   4. mysql -u username -p -h localhost schema-name < data-dump.sql
   5. verify
      1. mysql -u username -p
      2. use schema-name;
      3. show tables;

Should be done.

Kj

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