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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-20552

Remove innobackupex mode from Mariabackup

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    • New Feature
    • Status: Stalled (View Workflow)
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • None
    • Backup, mariabackup
    • None

    Description

      Mariabackup has an --innobackupex option, which can be used to enable innobackupex mode.

      https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariabackup-options/#-innobackupex

      This is a compatibility option:

      The primary purpose of innobackupex mode is to allow scripts and tools to more easily migrate to Mariabackup if they were originally designed to use the innobackupex utility that is included with Percona XtraBackup. It is not recommended to use this mode in new scripts, since it is not guaranteed to be supported forever.

      This mode is not very different from the normal mode. The listed differences are:

      • To prepare a backup, the --apply-log option is used instead of the --prepare option.
      • To create an incremental backup, the --incremental option is supported.
      • The --no-timestamp option is supported.
      • To create a partial backup, the --include option is used instead of the --tables option.
      • To create a partial backup, the --databases option can still be used, but it's behavior changes slightly.
      • The --target-dir option is not used to specify the backup directory. The backup directory should instead be specified as a standalone argument.

      These differences are not very significant, and having this extra mode is a bit confusing.

      Maybe some of the behavioral differences in innobackupex mode should be merged into Mariabackup's normal mode, and then we should remove innobackupex mode?

      UPDATE 14 Aug 2023
      This task needs to be about:

      • verifying/ensuring that all innobackupex functionality is available in the normal mode (list to be updated)
        • add "timestamp" option
        • deprecation message for innobackupex (MDEV-31505)

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          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-31505 Deprecate mariabackup --innobackupex mode

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing work, production could not run.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-14746 mariabackup doesn't read [mariabackup] option group in configuration file

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-18347 mariabackup doesn't read all server option groups from configuration files

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-18405 Add Mariabackup option to set gtid_slave_pos to original server's gtid_current_pos during prepare

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Stalled

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-18917 Don't create xtrabackup_binlog_pos_innodb with Mariabackup

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-18931 Rename Mariabackup's xtrabackup_* files to mariadb_backup_*

          • Critical - Crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-18985 Remove support for XtraDB's changed page bitmap from Mariabackup in 10.2+

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-19246 Change database and table used for Mariabackup's history

          • Critical - Crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-19264 Better support MariaDB GTID for Mariabackup's --slave-info option

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-23695 remove unused xtrabackup code

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-32253 impossible to use --no-timestamp option

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-13524 Document --innobackupex option for MariaDB Backup

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-18215 mariabackup does not report unknown command line options

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-20556 Remove references to "xtrabackup" and "innobackupex" executables in mariabackup option descriptions

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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