June 18, 2013

Post: Percona XtraBackup 2.1.3 for MySQL available for download

MySQL hot backups for all versions of Percona Server, MySQL, MariaDB, and Drizzle. It performs streaming, compressed, and incremental MySQL backups

Post: Migrating between MySQL schemas with Percona Xtrabackup

… target database:  mysql orig_old < /tmp/orig.schema.sql Ensure innodb_import_table_from_xtrabackup = 1  (dynamic variable) Prepare the backup using the… FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA=’orig’ AND ENGINE=’InnoDB‘; EOF mysql -N -B <<'EOF' > import-ddl.sql SELECT CONCAT(‘ALTER…

Post: ZFS on Linux and MySQL

… the backups.  The write load is not excessive so a single server can easily handle the write load of all the MySQL… many scripts ready for the task.  Snapshots work best with InnoDB, with MyISAM you’ll have to start the snapshot while… solution for MySQL backup servers.  All backup solutions have an impact on performance with ZFS the impact is up front and the backups are…

Post: Choosing a MySQL HA Solution - Post-Webinar Q&A

…two NIC ports should be bonded with active-backup or LACP (depending on your switching infrastructure). … file: ‘./mysql/servers.frm’ ERROR: 1033 Incorrect information in file: ‘./mysql/servers.frm’ Running mysql_install_db …tables and insert a few rows into an InnoDB table, but trying to run a simple…

Post: Announcing Percona XtraBackup 2.1.1 GA

… an open source solution, XtraBackup drives down backup costs while providing unique features for MySQL backup. The new 2.1.1 GA version… the backups. innobackupex now uses Perl’s DBD::MySQL package for server communication instead of spawning the MySQL command line client. Support for InnoDB 5.0 and InnoDB 5.1…

Post: 10 years of MySQL User Conferences

… replace Innodb for a number of use cases. The first “open core” plans are announced for MySQL Server – the online backup in MySQL 6.0, it’s to ship in commercial version only. An Innodb Plugin is… Percona Xtrabackup – open source alternative to Innodb Hot backup. MySQL 5.1.46 is GA and MySQL 5.5.4 is not GA at…

Post: Is your MySQL buffer pool warm? Make it sweat!

… –mysql-schema schema_name –query-log-stdin –dispatcher-plugin thread-pool –thread-pool-threads-count 100 –session-init-query \”set innodb_fake… –session-init-query command-line option, we set the option innodb_fake_changes to prevent INSERTs, UPDATEs, and DELETEs from corrupting… captured from our production systems. We restored a production database backup to our test database so that our test database was…

Post: Percona XtraBackup 2.0.7 for MySQL available for download

… the world’s only open-source, free MySQL hot backup software that performs non-blocking backups for InnoDB and XtraDB databases. This release is… XtraBackup has implemented support for the InnoDB Buffer Pool Preloading introduced in MySQL 5.6. Starting with MySQL 5.6 buffer pool dumps… fixed #1169509. innobackupex wasn’t handling the innodb_data_file_path option which could cause backup to fail. Bug fixed #1169726. For…

Post: Percona XtraBackup 2.1.0 'release candidate' for MySQL available for download

… XtraBackup has implemented support for the InnoDB Buffer Pool Preloading introduced in MySQL 5.6. Starting with MySQL 5.6 buffer pool dumps… Buffer Pool in Percona Server. MySQL 5.6 buffer pool dump is copied into backup directory during the backup stage. During the copy… fixed #1172016. innobackupex wasn’t handling the innodb_data_file_path option which could cause backup to fail. Bug fixed #1169726. For…

Post: Percona XtraBackup 2.1.0 for MySQL alpha now available

… the backups. innobackupex now uses Perl’s DBD::MySQL package for server communication instead of spawning the MySQL command line client. Support for InnoDB 5.0 and InnoDB 5.1…