This bash script only uses row count and MySQL checksum to determine table consistency. I created this script because I wanted a different option rather than using MySQL replication. I initially had replication set up and working between six sites but it would tend to break from time to time so I needed a different solution. In my situation, my data was only being updated once or twice a week. This script should only be used in cases where you’re not overly concerned about your data consistency and row count and checksum are sufficient enough to suit your needs. If you need a more accurate consistency check of your table data, look into the Percona Toolkit.

#!/bin/bash
#
# Sync DB Tables w/o Replication
# Author: Nathan Thomas 01/16/2014

#------#
# VARS #
#------#
# Server to sync DB from
MASTER='master01.fqdn.com'
MUSER='username'
MPASS='password'
DBNAME='mydbname'
TBLNAME='mytablename'
DUMP='/tmp/mydumpfile.sql'
LOGFILE='/var/log/mysql/mysql_repl_check.log'
MAILTO='my_email_addr@fqdn.com'

# Array of slave hostnames separated by a space
declare -a SLAVE=('slave01.fqdn.com' 'slave02.fqdn.com' 'slave03.fqdn.com')
# Array of slave usernames in same order
declare -a SUSER=('username1' 'username2' 'username3')
# Array of slave passwords in same order
declare -a SPASS=('password1' 'password2' 'password3')

#-----------#
# FUNCTIONS #
#-----------#
# Check table exists
# params: $1=username $2=password $3=hostname
function tableExists() {
        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Called function 'tableExists' on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Running query to verify table '${TBLNAME}' exists in database '${DBNAME}' on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
        local QUERY="SELECT COUNT(1) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA='${DBNAME}' AND TABLE_NAME='${TBLNAME}'"
        local RESULT=`mysql -u $1 -p$2 -h $3 -Bse "$QUERY" 2>&1`
        local RETVAL="$?"
        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Query on $3 retured the following value: '${RESULT}'" >> ${LOGFILE}
        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Exit status of last command on $3 returned: '${RETVAL}'" >> ${LOGFILE}
        if [ "${RETVAL}" -eq "0" -a "${RESULT}" -eq "0" 2>/dev/null ] ; then  # Retval 0, query returned 0, hide stderr, Table missing
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Table '${TBLNAME}' does not exist in database '${DBNAME}' on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Function 'tableExists' completed successfully on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                return 1  # No dice
        elif [ "${RETVAL}" -eq "0" -a "${RESULT}" -eq "1" 2>/dev/null ] ; then  # Retval 0, query returned 1, hide stderr, Table exists
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Table '${TBLNAME}' exists in database '${DBNAME}' on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Function 'tableExists' completed successfully on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                return 0  # All good
        else  # Some other error
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Unable to determine table '${TBLNAME}' exists in database '${DBNAME}' on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - We either encountered an error code in the SQL data, had a problem connecting to MySQL, or the last command exited with a nonzero status." >> ${LOGFILE}
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Function 'tableExists' did not finish successfully on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                return 2  # No dice
        fi
}

# Get row count
# params: $1=username $2=password $3=hostname
function getRowCount() {
        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Called function 'getRowCount' on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Verifying table '${TBLNAME}' exists in database '${DBNAME}' on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
        tableExists $1 $2 $3
        if [ "$?" -eq "0" ] ; then  # Retval 0, table exists
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Running query to obtain row count on table '${TBLNAME}' in database '${DBNAME}' on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                local QUERY="SELECT COUNT(id) FROM ${TBLNAME}"
                local RESULT=`mysql -u $1 -p$2 -h $3 ${DBNAME} -Bse "${QUERY}" 2>&1`
                local RETVAL="$?"
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Query on $3 retured the following value: '${RESULT}'" >> ${LOGFILE}
                echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Exit status of last command on $3 returned: '${RETVAL}'" >> ${LOGFILE}
                if [ "${RETVAL}" -eq "0" -a -n "${RESULT}" -a "${RESULT}" -eq "${RESULT}" 2>/dev/null ] ; then  # Retval 0, check for nonzero string, is numeric, hide stderr
                        echo "${RESULT}"
                        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - The row count on $3 is: '${RESULT}'" >> ${LOGFILE}
                        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Function 'getRowCount' completed successfully on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                        return 0  # All good
                else
                        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Unable to retrieve row count on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - We either encountered an error code in the SQL data, had a problem connecting to MySQL, or the last command exited with a nonzero status." >> ${LOGFILE}
                        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Function 'tableExists' did not finish successfully on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
                        return 1  # No dice
                fi
        fi
}

# Get table checksum
# params: $1=username $2=password $3=hostname
function getTableChecksum() {
        echo "`date "+%a %b%e %T"` - Called function 'getTableChecksum' on $3." >> ${LOGFILE}
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