Part II Using MySQL Enterprise Backup

Table of Contents

4 Backing Up a Database Server

4.1 Before the First Backup

4.1.1 Collect Database Information

4.1.2 Grant MySQL Privileges to Backup Administrator

4.1.3 Designate a Location for the Backup Directory

4.2 The Typical Backup / Verify / Restore Cycle

4.2.1 OS User for Running mysqlbackup

4.2.2 Backing Up an Entire MySQL Instance

4.2.3 Verifying a Backup

4.2.4 Restoring a Database

4.3 Backup Scenarios and Examples

4.3.1 Making a Single-File Backup

4.3.2 Making a Full Backup

4.3.3 Making a Differential or Incremental Backup

4.3.4 Making a Compressed Backup

4.3.5 Making a Partial Backup

4.3.6 Making an Optimistic Backup

4.3.7 Making a Back Up of In-Memory Database Data

4.3.8 Making Scheduled Backups

4.4 Making Backups with a Distributed File System (DFS) or Storage Access Network (SAN)

5 Recovering or Restoring a Database

5.1 Performing a Restore Operation

5.1.1 Restoring a Compressed Backup

5.1.2 Restoring an Encrypted Backup Image

5.1.3 Restoring an Incremental Backup

5.1.4 Restoring Backups Created with the --use-tts Option

5.1.5 Restoring a Backup from Cloud Storage to a MySQL Server

5.1.6 Restoring External InnoDB Tablespaces to Different Locations

5.1.7 Advanced: Preparing and Restoring a Directory Backup

5.2 Point-in-Time Recovery

5.3 Restoring a Backup with a Database Upgrade or Downgrade

6 Working with Encrypted InnoDB Tables

7 Using MySQL Enterprise Backup with Replication

7.1 Setting Up a New Replica

7.2 Backing up and Restoring a Replica Database

7.3 Restoring a Source Database

8 Using MySQL Enterprise Backup with Group Replication

9 Encryption for Backups

10 Using MySQL Enterprise Backup with Media Management Software (MMS) Products

10.1 Backing Up to Tape with Oracle Secure Backup

11 Performance Considerations for MySQL Enterprise Backup

11.1 Optimizing Backup Performance

11.2 Optimizing Restore Performance

12 Monitoring Backups with MySQL Enterprise Monitor

13 Troubleshooting for MySQL Enterprise Backup

13.1 Exit codes of MySQL Enterprise Backup

13.2 Working Around Corruption Problems

13.3 Using the MySQL Enterprise Backup Logs

13.4 Using the MySQL Enterprise Backup Manifest