[MDEV-13524] Document --innobackupex option for MariaDB Backup Created: 2017-08-14  Updated: 2019-09-10  Resolved: 2019-09-10

Status: Closed
Project: MariaDB Server
Component/s: Backup, Documentation
Affects Version/s: 10.1.26, 10.2.7
Fix Version/s: N/A

Type: Bug Priority: Major
Reporter: Geoff Montee (Inactive) Assignee: Geoff Montee (Inactive)
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: documentation, mariabackup

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relates to MDEV-20552 Remove innobackupex mode from Mariaba... Stalled

 Description   

The MariaDB Backup documentation page has the following note:

No symlink to innobackupex - use the “--innobackupex” parameter instead.

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-backup-overview/#limitations

But this option is not documented here:

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariabackup-options/

We should probably document it. What does the option do? Does it make the "mariabackup" executable option work exactly like the "innobackupex" wrapper from XtraBackup? How does this change its behavior in practical terms?



 Comments   
Comment by Ian Gilfillan [ 2019-09-10 ]

This is briefly mentioned now at https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariabackup-options/#-innobackupex but still needs more detail - what are the additional features, and why are they useful?

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