Repairing and Optimizing all MySQL and MariaDB Databases on the Server

From time to time you will find repairing and optimizing your databases are necessary. From a shell the following may be useful for mySQL and MariaDBs:



Repair and optimized DBs

find /var/lib/mysql -name '*.MYI' -exec myisamchk -r {} \;
find /var/lib/mysql -name '*.MYI' -exec myisamchk -o {} \;

Force repair:

find /var/lib/mysql -name '*.MYI' -exec myisamchk -rf {} \;

mysqlcheck Repair and Optimize:

mysqlcheck --repair --use-frm --all-databases
mysqlcheck -o -A
  • 147 Users Found This Useful

Was this answer helpful?

Related Articles

Manually Clear from Console / Command Line cPanel Exim Mail Queue

To clear the cPanel exim mail queue quickly from a command line / shell use the following...

yum-utils not installed or found on Centos5 64-bit

When yum-utils is not installed or found on Centos5 64-bit the following commands may be used:...

cPanel Account - PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './xsl.so' - ./xsl.so: cannot open...

Permission denied: /home/username/ htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

When checking your error log you find the error 508 or 403 forbidden error in your browser and...

VPS Time not Correct with Time Server

If you have a problem with your VPS time not staying sync in a Xen VPS you will want to enable...