I have setup automysqlbackup on centos and have about 52 databases on my db server.

I did try to increase the max_connections to 250 and max_allowed_packet to 100M

But that did not solve the problem.

Looking forward for some help. Thanks,

When I run automysqlbackup I get the following error:

WARNING ######

Errors reported during AutoMySQLBackup execution.. Backup failed
Error log below..
mysqldump: Got error: 2013: Lost connection to MySQL server during query when using LOCK TABLES
mysqlshow: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect
mysqldump: Got error: 2013: Lost connection to MySQL server during query when using LOCK TABLES
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) when trying to connect