CentOS Stream 9

MariaDB 11.8 : Backup2026/04/17

 

For Backup and Restore MariaDB Data, it's possible to run with [mariabackup].

[1] Generally [mariabackup] tool is installed with MariaDB Server for dependency, but if it has not been installed, Install it first.
[root@www ~]#
dnf -y install mariadb-backup
[2] Run Backup.
For example, get backup under [/home/mariadb_backup].
[root@www ~]#
mkdir /home/mariadb_backup

[root@www ~]#
mariabackup --backup --target-dir /home/mariadb_backup -u root

.....
.....
[00] 2026-04-17 11:05:38 Executing BACKUP STAGE END
[00] 2026-04-17 11:05:38 All tables unlocked
[00] 2026-04-17 11:05:38 Backup created in directory '/home/mariadb_backup/'
[00] 2026-04-17 11:05:38 Writing backup-my.cnf
[00] 2026-04-17 11:05:38         ...done
[00] 2026-04-17 11:05:38 Writing mariadb_backup_info
[00] 2026-04-17 11:05:38         ...done
[00] 2026-04-17 11:05:38 Redo log (from LSN 48857 to 48873) was copied.
[00] 2026-04-17 11:05:38 completed OK!

[root@www ~]#
ll /home/mariadb_backup

total 43464
-rw-r-----. 1 root root   417792 Apr 17 11:05 aria_log.00000001
-rw-r-----. 1 root root       52 Apr 17 11:05 aria_log_control
-rw-r-----. 1 root root      477 Apr 17 11:05 backup-my.cnf
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 12582912 Apr 17 11:05 ibdata1
-rw-r-----. 1 root root    12304 Apr 17 11:05 ib_logfile0
-rw-r-----. 1 root root       97 Apr 17 11:05 mariadb_backup_checkpoints
-rw-r-----. 1 root root      429 Apr 17 11:05 mariadb_backup_info
drwx------. 2 root root     4096 Apr 17 11:05 mysql
drwx------. 2 root root       20 Apr 17 11:05 performance_schema
drwx------. 2 root root     8192 Apr 17 11:05 sys
drwx------. 2 root root       64 Apr 17 11:05 test_database
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 10485760 Apr 17 11:05 undo001
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 10485760 Apr 17 11:05 undo002
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 10485760 Apr 17 11:05 undo003
[3] For restoring data from backup on another host, run like follows.
Before restoring, transfer backup data to the target host with [rsync] or [scp] and so on.
# stop MariaDB and remove existing data

[root@node01 ~]#
systemctl stop mariadb

[root@node01 ~]#
rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/*
# transferred backup data

[root@node01 ~]#
ll mariadb_backup.tar.gz

-rw-r--r--. 1 cent cent 732818 Apr 17 11:09 mariadb_backup.tar.gz
[root@node01 ~]#
tar zxvf mariadb_backup.tar.gz

# run prepare task before restore task (OK if [completed OK])

[root@node01 ~]#
mariabackup --prepare --target-dir /root/mariadb_backup

mariabackup: Deprecated program name. It will be removed in a future release, use '/usr/bin/mariadb-backup' instead
mariabackup based on MariaDB server 11.8.5-MariaDB Linux (x86_64)
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 cd to /root/mariadb_backup/
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 open files limit requested 0, set to 1024
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 Loading encryption plugin from provider_bzip2=provider_bzip2;provider_lz4=provider_lz4;provider_lzo=provider_lzo;provider_snappy=provider_snappy
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 Loading encryption plugin
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03         Encryption plugin parameter :  'mariabackup'
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03         Encryption plugin parameter :  '--plugin_load=provider_bzip2=provider_bzip2;provider_lz4=provider_lz4;provider_lzo=provider_lzo;provider_snappy=provider_snappy'
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03         Encryption plugin parameter :  '--innodb_encrypt_tables=OFF'
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03         Encryption plugin parameter :  '--prepare'
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03         Encryption plugin parameter :  '--target-dir'
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03         Encryption plugin parameter :  '/root/mariadb_backup'
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 This target seems to be not prepared yet.
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 mariabackup: using the following InnoDB configuration for recovery:
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 innodb_data_home_dir = .
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:12M:autoextend
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 innodb_log_group_home_dir = .
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 Starting InnoDB instance for recovery.
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 mariabackup: Using 100663296 bytes for buffer pool (set by --use-memory parameter)
2026-04-17 11:10:03 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.11
2026-04-17 11:10:03 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of transaction pools: 1
2026-04-17 11:10:03 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using AVX512 instructions
2026-04-17 11:10:03 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO
2026-04-17 11:10:03 0 [Note] InnoDB: innodb_buffer_pool_size_max=96m, innodb_buffer_pool_size=96m
2026-04-17 11:10:03 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
2026-04-17 11:10:03 0 [Note] InnoDB: Buffered log writes (block size=512 bytes)
2026-04-17 11:10:03 0 [Note] InnoDB: End of log at LSN=48873
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 Last binlog file , position 0
recovered pages: 0% 15% 36% 62% 100% (0.0 seconds); tables to flush: 1 0 (0.1 seconds);
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:03 completed OK!

# run restore

[root@node01 ~]#
mariabackup --copy-back --target-dir /root/mariadb_backup

.....
.....
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33 Copying ./sys/x@0024session.frm to /var/lib/mysql/sys/x@0024session.frm
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33         ...done
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33 Copying ./sys/session_ssl_status.frm to /var/lib/mysql/sys/session_ssl_status.frm
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33         ...done
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33 Copying ./performance_schema/db.opt to /var/lib/mysql/performance_schema/db.opt
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33         ...done
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33 Copying ./mariadb_backup_info to /var/lib/mysql/mariadb_backup_info
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33         ...done
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33 Copying ./xtrabackup_binlog_pos_innodb to /var/lib/mysql/xtrabackup_binlog_pos_innodb
[01] 2026-04-17 11:10:33         ...done
[00] 2026-04-17 11:10:33 completed OK!

[root@node01 ~]#
chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql

[root@node01 ~]#
systemctl start mariadb

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