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[Karthick Subramanian <ksubramanian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you currently log into Maria DB, execute *show variables like '%dir%'; *and
it ll show you a different value than your existing mysql's data dir.

In your MySQL conf file (usually server.conf in rhel for me), mention the
data dir as your old MySQL data dir (your dozen dbs location). Then restart
your mariadb, then you should able to see your dbs.


On May 28, 2017 3:21 AM, <rich.greder@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here is an update:  In /var/lib/ ,  I have these four directories:
>
> mysql
> mysql-5.7
> mysql-files
> mysql-keyring
>
> In the mysql-5.7 directory, I have found what appears to be my dozen or so
> databases that I created.  So yes, my data appears it was retained.  I have
> tarballed the data and am uploading it to an external device.  In the
> meantime, I am next working on bringing my data back in a way where an SQL
> server can see it.
>
> It doesn't even have to be a robust, long-term solution.  I was intending
> on switching it over on Monday.  I don't really care if it only sort of
> works, I just need to extract the data as an SQL file and go from there.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
> On 5/27/2017 at 4:26 PM, rich.greder@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >Guys, I did a bad one.  I only had one server remaining that still
> >had mysql installed and thinking I was logged into my laptop's
> >console, I executed apt-get install mariadb-server.
> >
> >I wasn't on my laptop.  I was logged into a virtual hosting server
> >and knocked eight sites offline including my wiki of all my HOWTO
> >documents ironically, describing how to install mariadb-server on
> >various platforms.
> >
> >I didn't notice anything was amiss until I saw a comment that it
> >was uninstalling mysql (which I knew wasn't on my laptop)
> >
> >I was able to log in using my old root password, but all my
> >databases were gone.
> >
> >Is there any hope for recovering the databases as they were
> >earlier today?
> >
> >Rich
> >
> >
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