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#Backup MySQL database as SQL
mysqldump –u[user name] –p[password] [database name] > [dump file]
#Backup MySQL with gzip compression
mysqldump -u [uname] -p[pass] [dbname] | gzip -9 > [backupfile.sql.gz]
#Backup the www folder on client machine
cd /home/[username]
tar -zcvf backup.tar.gz /var/www[/subfolder] #/subfolder to be added only if applicable
#SCP to our server
scp [backupfile.sql.gz] root@awishcar.com:/home/pratik
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