You should use a utility to do this, something like MySQLDump. You way of copying the files will require manually correcting the conf files and possibly missing something.
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Question
If I copy mysql binary log files (/var/lib/mysql/mydb
the .frm
and .ibd
files) from one mysql instance to another, will the databases be copied over correctly (assuming using the same mysql server version)?
La solution
You should use a utility to do this, something like MySQLDump. You way of copying the files will require manually correcting the conf files and possibly missing something.
look Here for Mysqldump