MySQL or any database make changes on datafiles on any time.

To make a correct backup you need to lock database changes...

ZIMMER, RANDY K [AG/1000] wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I should know this but I’m having a moment. I back up a client that 
> has mysql directory on it. We only do a OS level backups on this 
> client. My guess is if they ever lost any mysql data they would not be 
> able to recover from the OS level backup, is this correct?
>
> Randy K. Zimmer
>
> Sr. Unix System Administrator
>
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