backup: # mysqldump -u root -p[root_password] [database_name] > dumpfilename.sql

restore:# mysql -u root -p[root_password] [database_name] < dumpfilename.sql

Examples </code> mysqldump -u root -p[root_password] [database_name] > dumpfilename.sql mysql -u root -ptmppassword sugarcrm < /tmp/sugarcrm.sql </code>