1. Backup the database: mysqldump -u root --opt sugarcrm > backup-file.sql 2. Restore to a new mysql database: mysql sugarcrm < backup-file.sql You can always move the backup file to another system via scp, ftp, samba, etc. See this link too http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/backup.html A -- alamba