These options are associated with single-file backups. You use
them in combination with the mysqlbackup
commands backup-to-image
,
image-to-backup-dir
,
backup-dir-to-image
,
copy-back-and-apply-log
,
list-image
, and
extract
. For usage examples, see
Section 4.3.1, “Making a Single-File Backup”.
--backup-image
=IMAGE
See description of the option in Section 15.4, “Backup Repository Options”
--src-entry
=PATH
Command-Line Format --src-entry=STRING
Type Path name Identifies a file or directory to extract from a single-file backup. This option is used with the
extract
command. If the argument is a directory, all its files and subdirectory contents are extracted. No pattern matching expression is allowed for the argument. Optionally, you can also specify the--dst-entry
option to extract the file or directory in a location different from its original path name.For example:
src-entry=meta/comments.txt
extracts only one file,comments.txt
, whilesrc-entry=meta
extracts the entire directory tree for themeta
subdirectory.Default: All entries are extracted.
NoteThe option is currently not supported for the
extract
command for cloud backups, which can only be extracted in full.
--dst-entry
=PATH
Command-Line Format --dst-entry=PATH
Type Path name Used with single-file backups to extract a single file or directory to a user-specified path. Use of this option requires specifying the
--src-entry
option. This option specifies the destination path for the entry selected from the backup image by--src-entry
. The entry could point to a single file or single directory. For example, to retrieve the comments file from a backup image and store it as/tmp/my-comments.txt
, use a command like the following:mysqlbackup --src-entry=meta/comments.txt \ --dst-entry=/tmp/my-comments.txt \ --backup-image=/var/myimage.bki extract
Similarly, to extract all the contents of the
meta
directory in a single-file backup as/data/my-meta
, use a command like the following:mysqlbackup --src-entry=meta \ --dst-entry=/data/my-meta \ --backup-image=/var/myimage.bki extract
The specified path is a simple path name without any wildcard expansion or regular expressions.
Default: By default, original pathnames are used to create files in the local file system.
--sbt-database-name
=NAME
Command-Line Format --sbt-database-name=NAME
Type String Default Value MySQL
For tape backups, this option can be used as a hint to the Media Management Software (MMS) for the selection of media and policies. This name has nothing to do with MySQL database names. It is a term used by the MMS. See Section 4.3.1.2, “Backing Up to Tape” for usage details.
--sbt-lib-path
=PATH
Command-Line Format --sbt-lib-path=PATH
Type File name Path name of the SBT library used by the software that manages tape backups. If this is not specified, operating system-specific search methods are used to locate
libobk.so
(UNIX) ororasbt.dll
(Windows). See Section 4.3.1.2, “Backing Up to Tape” for usage details.
--sbt-environment
=VAR
=value
,...Command-Line Format --sbt-environment=VAR1=value1[,VAR2=value2[,...]] SBT API provider)
Type String Passes product-specific environment variables to Oracle Secure Backup or another SBT-compliant backup management product, as an alternative to setting and unsetting environment variables before and after each mysqlbackup invocation.
The parameter to this option is a comma-separated list of key-value pairs, using syntax similar to that of the RMAN tool for the Oracle Database. For example,
--sbt-environment=VAR1=val1,VAR2=val2,VAR3=val3
.Consult the documentation for your backup management product to see which of its features can be controlled through environment variables. For example, the Oracle Secure Backup product defines environment variables such as
OB_MEDIA_FAMILY
,OB_DEVICE
, andOB_RESOURCE_WAIT_TIME
. You might set such variables with the mysqlbackup by specifying an option such as--sbt-environment="OB_MEDIA_FAMILY=my_mf,OB_DEVICE=my_tape"
.If the argument string contains any whitespace or special characters recognized by the command shell, enclose the entire argument string in quotation marks. To escape an equal sign or comma, use the
\
character. For example,--sbt-environment="VAR1=multiple words,VAR2=<angle_brackets>,VAR3=2+2\=4"
.
--disable-manifest
Disable generation of manifest files for a backup operation, which are
backup_create.xml
andbackup_content.xml
present in themeta
subdirectory.