Blowing my mind how to setup multiple mysql servers on one windows box..

Having some major issues... Racking my brain. Also it is worthy to
note as of 3 weeks ago i have 0 experience with MySQL.

So anyway.. HOW DO YOU DO IT?? hehe - I can get multiple services
installed and started, but everytime i try to make any edits to them
and stop/restart they wont restart. here is my exact .ini file.

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# options for mysql service 1
[testdb1]
port = 3306
datadir= C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance1/Bin/data
innodb_data_home_dir= C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance1/Bin/data
innodb_data_file_path=ibdata1:10M:autoextend
innodb_log_group_home_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance1/Bin/data
innodb_log_arch_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance1/Bin/data

# options for mysql service 2
[testdb2]
port = 3308
datadir= C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance2/Bin/data
innodb_data_home_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance2/Bin/data
innodb_data_file_path=ibdata2:10M:autoextend
innodb_log_group_home_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance2/Bin/data
innodb_log_arch_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance2/Bin/data

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*This is the following command i type in to get the service installed.

C:\Documents and Settings\admin>"C:\program files\mysql\mysql server
5.0\bin\mys
qld-nt" --install testdb1(or2) --defaults-file="C:\my.ini"


One thing that bothers me is this. When i open up the Instance
Manager, and look at both installed serviecs. Under the Configuration
file it says "Section Name: mysqld". I want it to use "testdb1". It
uses mysqld for both services. I can go into Startup variables and
change them but it doesnt seem to affect anything.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Re: Blowing my mind how to setup multiple mysql servers on one windows box..

I may have forgotten how I did this as I did it a few years ago, but I
believe you have to use different my.ini files, at least I believe it
is the way I did it back then


rider0375@gmail.com wrote:
> Having some major issues... Racking my brain. Also it is worthy to
> note as of 3 weeks ago i have 0 experience with MySQL.
>
> So anyway.. HOW DO YOU DO IT?? hehe - I can get multiple services
> installed and started, but everytime i try to make any edits to them
> and stop/restart they wont restart. here is my exact .ini file.
>
> ===================================
>
> # options for mysql service 1
> [testdb1]
> port = 3306
> datadir= C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance1/Bin/data
> innodb_data_home_dir= C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance1/Bin/data
> innodb_data_file_path=ibdata1:10M:autoextend
> innodb_log_group_home_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance1/Bin/data
> innodb_log_arch_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance1/Bin/data
>
> # options for mysql service 2
> [testdb2]
> port = 3308
> datadir= C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance2/Bin/data
> innodb_data_home_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance2/Bin/data
> innodb_data_file_path=ibdata2:10M:autoextend
> innodb_log_group_home_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance2/Bin/data
> innodb_log_arch_dir=C:/Program Files/MysqlInstance2/Bin/data
>
> =======================================
> *This is the following command i type in to get the service installed.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\admin>"C:\program files\mysql\mysql server
> 5.0\bin\mys
> qld-nt" --install testdb1(or2) --defaults-file="C:\my.ini"
>
>
> One thing that bothers me is this. When i open up the Instance
> Manager, and look at both installed serviecs. Under the Configuration
> file it says "Section Name: mysqld". I want it to use "testdb1". It
> uses mysqld for both services. I can go into Startup variables and
> change them but it doesnt seem to affect anything.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.