> Have a look here:
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/gone-away.html
Gleb,
Thanks for the response. The only one that seems to apply is this one:
> You may also see the MySQL server has gone away error if
> MySQL is started with the --skip-networking option.
I do start mySQL without networking enabled - it's only accessible from
the local machine (for security reasons).
I can tell you for certain that the mySQL server is definitely not
crashing itself - it chugs along happily without incident.
Interestingly, I ran the backup command from my shell yesterday during
the day (when the server is actually much more active) and the backup
completed successfully. That one table took about 5 hours to back up
though - I'm not sure if that is normal or not. Then last night's
automated (unattended) backup completed successfully for the first time
in a few days.
Tim Gustafson
MEI Technology Consulting, Inc
tjg@stripped
(516) 379-0001 Office
(516) 908-4185 Fax
http://www.meitech.com/
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