shell script to copy all MySQL databases from one server to another

#!/bin/bash

# destination for the backups
# mysqlbackup.lst needs to be in this dir,
# and list all the db names you want to transfer
dest="/home/user/downloads";
user="user";
pass="passwd";
host1="host1.net";
host2="host2.net";

for db in `cat $dest/mysqlbackup.lst`
do

    echo "dumping $db..."
    /usr/bin/mysqldump -u $user -h $host1 -p$pass $db > $dest/$db.sql
    echo "creating $db locally..."
    /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u $user -p$pass create $db
    echo "importing $db.sql to $db..."
    /usr/bin/mysql -u $user -h $host2 -p$pass $db < $dest/$db.sql
    echo "removing $dest/$db.sql..."
    rm $dest/$db.sql

done

Create an SSH tunnel to connect to remote VNC server

ssh -c 3des -N -L5901:255.255.255.211:5901 -2 -l rory 255.255.255.211 -p 22

start a vnc server

vncserver :1 -depth 8 -geometry 800x600