<# .SYNOPSIS Rock-solid cold backup of an Open Dental server: stop MySQL/MariaDB, copy the entire data directory and the A-to-Z (OpenDentImages) folder, then restart the service. Guarantees the service is restarted even if the copy fails. .DESCRIPTION The only fully consistent, engine-agnostic file backup of a MySQL/MariaDB database is a COLD copy: the service is cleanly stopped (which flushes InnoDB), the data directory is copied, then the service is restarted. This works for both MyISAM and InnoDB, unlike a hot file copy or Open Dental's built-in Backup tool (which cannot restore InnoDB). Two correctness points this script gets right: - It copies the ENTIRE data directory, not just the `opendental` subfolder. InnoDB's shared tablespace and redo logs (ibdata1, ib_logfile*) live at the datadir root; copying only `opendental` yields an unrestorable backup. - The service is stopped and VERIFIED stopped before any copy begins. A copy of a running InnoDB datadir is corrupt. If the service will not stop, the script aborts without copying. The service restart runs in a finally block, so an interrupted or failed copy never leaves the practice's database down. This is the primary "gold" backup. Pair it with an off-hours mysqldump for a portable logical copy and with off-site/immutable retention — see od-db-backup.md. .NOTES Run ON THE DATABASE SERVER, elevated, when no one is using Open Dental: irm https://gitea.ivangodwin.com/ops/rb/raw/branch/main/scripts/od-db-backup.ps1 | iex Because `irm | iex` runs in the caller's session: no param() block (prompts via Read-Host), and #Requires is not enforced (admin is checked manually). Causes DOWNTIME for the duration of the copy — Open Dental is unavailable on every workstation while the service is stopped. Run it off-hours. PUBLIC REPO: no client specifics hard-coded. All paths are auto-detected or prompted at run time. #> $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' # --- Admin check (do not rely on #Requires under iex) --- $isAdmin = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] ` [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() ).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltinRole]::Administrator) if (-not $isAdmin) { Write-Warning 'This script needs an elevated PowerShell session. Re-run as Administrator.' return } Write-Host '== Open Dental: cold database + images backup ==' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host 'Run this ON THE DB SERVER, off-hours. It stops MySQL/MariaDB (downtime).' -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host '' # --- 1. Resolve the MySQL/MariaDB service --- $dbServices = @(Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.Name -match 'mysql|mariadb' -or $_.DisplayName -match 'mysql|mariadb' }) if ($dbServices.Count -eq 1) { $svcName = $dbServices[0].Name Write-Host "Detected database service: $svcName ($($dbServices[0].DisplayName)) [$($dbServices[0].Status)]" -ForegroundColor Green if ((Read-Host "Use this service? (Y/n)") -eq 'n') { $svcName = $null } } elseif ($dbServices.Count -gt 1) { Write-Host 'Multiple database services found:' -ForegroundColor Yellow $dbServices | ForEach-Object { Write-Host " - $($_.Name) ($($_.DisplayName)) [$($_.Status)]" } $svcName = $null } else { Write-Warning 'No service matching mysql/mariadb found. Enter the name manually.' $svcName = $null } if (-not $svcName) { $svcName = Read-Host 'MySQL/MariaDB service name (e.g. MySQL, MySQL57, MariaDB)' } $svc = Get-Service -Name $svcName # throws if it doesn't exist # --- 2. Resolve the data directory (copy the WHOLE dir, not just opendental) --- $dataGuesses = @('C:\mysql\data', 'C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server*\data', 'C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server*\Data', 'C:\Program Files\MariaDB*\data') | ForEach-Object { Get-Item $_ -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } | Where-Object { $_ } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName $dataDir = $dataGuesses | Where-Object { Test-Path (Join-Path $_ 'opendental') } | Select-Object -First 1 if ($dataDir) { Write-Host "Detected data directory: $dataDir" -ForegroundColor Green if ((Read-Host "Use this data directory? (Y/n)") -eq 'n') { $dataDir = $null } } if (-not $dataDir) { $dataDir = Read-Host 'MySQL data directory (the folder CONTAINING the opendental subfolder, e.g. C:\mysql\data)' } if (-not (Test-Path (Join-Path $dataDir 'opendental'))) { Write-Warning "No 'opendental' subfolder under: $dataDir" if ((Read-Host 'Continue anyway? (y/N)') -ne 'y') { return } } # --- 3. Resolve the A-to-Z / OpenDentImages folder (optional) --- $imgGuess = @('C:\OpenDentImages', 'D:\OpenDentImages') | Where-Object { Test-Path $_ } | Select-Object -First 1 $imgDir = Read-Host "OpenDentImages (A-to-Z) folder [blank to skip]$(if($imgGuess){" (detected: $imgGuess)"})" if (-not $imgDir -and $imgGuess) { $imgDir = $imgGuess } if ($imgDir -and -not (Test-Path $imgDir)) { Write-Warning "Images path not found: $imgDir — it will be skipped." $imgDir = $null } # --- 4. Backup destination --- $destRoot = Read-Host 'Backup destination root (external/second disk or UNC path, e.g. E:\OD-Backups)' if (-not (Test-Path $destRoot)) { if ((Read-Host "Destination does not exist. Create it? (Y/n)") -eq 'n') { return } New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $destRoot -Force | Out-Null } $stamp = Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd-HHmmss' $backupDir = Join-Path $destRoot "od-backup-$stamp" # --- 5. Size / free-space sanity check --- function Get-DirSizeGB($path) { try { $bytes = (Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $path -Recurse -Force -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum).Sum [math]::Round(($bytes / 1GB), 2) } catch { $null } } Write-Host 'Measuring source size (may take a moment for large image folders)...' $dataGB = Get-DirSizeGB $dataDir $imgGB = if ($imgDir) { Get-DirSizeGB $imgDir } else { 0 } $needGB = [math]::Round(($dataGB + $imgGB), 2) try { $destQualifier = (Split-Path -Qualifier $backupDir) $freeGB = [math]::Round(((Get-PSDrive ($destQualifier.TrimEnd(':'))).Free / 1GB), 2) } catch { $freeGB = $null } Write-Host '' Write-Host 'Plan:' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host " Service to cycle : $svcName [$($svc.Status)]" Write-Host " Data directory : $dataDir (~$dataGB GB)" Write-Host " Images folder : $(if($imgDir){"$imgDir (~$imgGB GB)"}else{'(skipped)'})" Write-Host " Destination : $backupDir" Write-Host " Approx needed : ~$needGB GB$(if($freeGB){" (free at dest: $freeGB GB)"})" if ($freeGB -and $needGB -gt $freeGB) { Write-Warning 'Destination may not have enough free space for this backup.' } Write-Host '' Write-Host 'This STOPS the database (Open Dental goes down on all workstations) for the copy.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if ((Read-Host 'Proceed? (y/N)') -ne 'y') { Write-Host 'Aborted. No changes made.'; return } New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $backupDir -Force | Out-Null $logPath = Join-Path $backupDir 'backup.log' function Log($msg) { $line = "$(Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') $msg" Write-Host $line Add-Content -LiteralPath $logPath -Value $line } # robocopy: /E all subdirs incl empty, /COPY:DAT+/DCOPY:DAT data/attrs/timestamps, # /R:2 /W:5 short retries, /NFL /NDL /NP quieter. Exit code >= 8 = failure. function Copy-Tree($src, $dst, $label) { Log "Copying $label : $src -> $dst" robocopy $src $dst /E /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:DAT /R:2 /W:5 /NFL /NDL /NP /NJH /NJS | Out-Null $code = $LASTEXITCODE Log "robocopy ($label) exit code $code" if ($code -ge 8) { throw "robocopy failed copying $label (exit $code)." } } $wasRunning = ($svc.Status -eq 'Running') $ok = $false try { # --- 6. Stop the service and VERIFY it stopped before copying --- if ($svc.Status -ne 'Stopped') { Log "Stopping service $svcName ..." Stop-Service -Name $svcName -Force $svc.WaitForStatus('Stopped', [TimeSpan]::FromSeconds(120)) # throws on timeout } (Get-Service -Name $svcName).Refresh() if ((Get-Service -Name $svcName).Status -ne 'Stopped') { throw "Service $svcName did not reach Stopped — aborting before copy." } Log "Service $svcName confirmed Stopped. Beginning cold copy." # --- 7. Copy the whole data directory, then images --- Copy-Tree $dataDir (Join-Path $backupDir 'data') 'data directory' if ($imgDir) { Copy-Tree $imgDir (Join-Path $backupDir 'OpenDentImages') 'OpenDentImages' } $ok = $true Log 'Cold copy completed successfully.' } catch { Log "ERROR: $($_.Exception.Message)" Write-Warning "Backup failed: $($_.Exception.Message)" } finally { # --- 8. ALWAYS restart the service if it was running (never leave DB down) --- if ($wasRunning) { try { Log "Restarting service $svcName ..." Start-Service -Name $svcName (Get-Service -Name $svcName).WaitForStatus('Running', [TimeSpan]::FromSeconds(120)) Log "Service $svcName is Running again." } catch { Write-Warning "CRITICAL: could not restart $svcName. Start it manually NOW: Start-Service $svcName" Log "CRITICAL: restart failed: $($_.Exception.Message)" } } else { Log "Service was not running at start; left as-found (Stopped)." } } # --- 9. Capture recovery aids: FreeDentalConfig.xml + version stamps (best-effort) --- # The Open Dental program is NOT backed up (reinstall the matching version on # restore). But grabbing the connection config and recording the exact versions # makes a restore fast and version-correct. Best-effort: never fails the backup. if ($ok) { $odInstall = @(${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}, $env:ProgramFiles) | Where-Object { $_ } | ForEach-Object { Join-Path $_ 'Open Dental' } | Where-Object { Test-Path $_ } | Select-Object -First 1 $odVersion = 'unknown' if ($odInstall) { $cfg = Join-Path $odInstall 'FreeDentalConfig.xml' if (Test-Path $cfg) { try { Copy-Item -LiteralPath $cfg -Destination (Join-Path $backupDir 'FreeDentalConfig.xml') -Force Log 'Captured FreeDentalConfig.xml (connection/AtoZ config).' } catch { Log "Could not copy FreeDentalConfig.xml: $($_.Exception.Message)" } } $exe = Join-Path $odInstall 'OpenDental.exe' if (Test-Path $exe) { try { $odVersion = (Get-Item $exe).VersionInfo.FileVersion } catch {} } } # DB engine version from the service's backing executable $dbVersion = 'unknown' try { $imgPath = (Get-CimInstance Win32_Service -Filter "Name='$svcName'" -ErrorAction Stop).PathName $exePath = ([regex]::Match($imgPath, '([A-Za-z]:\\[^"]*?\.exe)')).Groups[1].Value if ($exePath -and (Test-Path $exePath)) { $dbVersion = (Get-Item $exePath).VersionInfo.ProductVersion } } catch {} } # --- 10. Write a manifest and report --- if ($ok) { $manifest = @" Open Dental cold backup Created : $(Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') Host : $env:COMPUTERNAME Service : $svcName Open Dental ver : $odVersion (reinstall THIS version to restore) DB engine ver : $dbVersion (restore onto a matching MySQL/MariaDB) Data directory : $dataDir (~$dataGB GB) Images folder : $(if($imgDir){"$imgDir (~$imgGB GB)"}else{'(skipped)'}) FreeDentalConfig : $(if($odInstall -and (Test-Path (Join-Path $backupDir 'FreeDentalConfig.xml'))){'captured'}else{'(not found)'}) Backup folder : $backupDir Method : cold copy (service stopped + verified), whole data dir incl InnoDB shared tablespace/logs "@ Set-Content -LiteralPath (Join-Path $backupDir 'MANIFEST.txt') -Value $manifest Write-Host '' Write-Host "Backup complete: $backupDir" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "Open Dental $odVersion / DB $dbVersion — reinstall matching versions to restore." -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host 'Next: copy this folder OFF-SITE, and TEST-RESTORE it periodically on an isolated machine.' -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host 'Never restore over a live production database.' -ForegroundColor Yellow } else { Write-Warning "Backup did NOT complete. See log: $logPath" Write-Warning "Confirm the database service is running: Get-Service $svcName" }