Ubuntu 26.04

MariaDB 11.8 : Backup2026/05/28

 

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

[1] Install Backup tool.
root@www:~#
apt -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


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.....
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02 Starting BACKUP STAGE END
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02 Executing BACKUP STAGE END
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02 All tables unlocked
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02 Backup created in directory '/home/mariadb_backup/'
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02 Writing backup-my.cnf
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02         ...done
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02 Writing mariadb_backup_info
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02         ...done
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02 Redo log (from LSN 45600 to 45616) was copied.
[00] 2026-05-28 00:27:02 completed OK!

root@www:~#
ll /home/mariadb_backup

total 43476
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 May 28 00:27 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 May 28 00:26 ../
-rw-r----- 1 root root   417792 May 28 00:27 aria_log.00000001
-rw-r----- 1 root root       52 May 28 00:27 aria_log_control
-rw-r----- 1 root root      501 May 28 00:27 backup-my.cnf
-rw-r----- 1 root root    12304 May 28 00:27 ib_logfile0
-rw-r----- 1 root root 12582912 May 28 00:27 ibdata1
-rw-r----- 1 root root       97 May 28 00:27 mariadb_backup_checkpoints
-rw-r----- 1 root root      443 May 28 00:27 mariadb_backup_info
drwx------ 2 root root     4096 May 28 00:27 mysql/
drwx------ 2 root root     4096 May 28 00:27 performance_schema/
drwx------ 2 root root    12288 May 28 00:27 sys/
-rw-r----- 1 root root 10485760 May 28 00:27 undo001
-rw-r----- 1 root root 10485760 May 28 00:27 undo002
-rw-r----- 1 root root 10485760 May 28 00:27 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/mariadb/*
# transferred backup data

root@node01:~#
ll mariadb_backup.tar.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 744531 May 28 00:30 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 based on MariaDB server 11.8.6-MariaDB debian-linux-gnu (x86_64)
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 cd to /root/mariadb_backup/
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 open files limit requested 0, set to 1024
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 Loading encryption plugin from provider_bzip2=provider_bzip2;provider_lz4=provider_lz4;provider_lzma=provider_lzma;provider_lzo=provider_lzo;provider_snappy=provider_snappy
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 Loading encryption plugin
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24         Encryption plugin parameter :  'mariabackup'
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24         Encryption plugin parameter :  '--plugin_load=provider_bzip2=provider_bzip2;provider_lz4=provider_lz4;provider_lzma=provider_lzma;provider_lzo=provider_lzo;provider_snappy=provider_snappy'
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24         Encryption plugin parameter :  '--innodb_encrypt_tables=OFF'
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24         Encryption plugin parameter :  '--prepare'
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24         Encryption plugin parameter :  '--target-dir'
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24         Encryption plugin parameter :  '/root/mariadb_backup'
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 This target seems to be not prepared yet.
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 mariabackup: using the following InnoDB configuration for recovery:
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 innodb_data_home_dir = .
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:12M:autoextend
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 innodb_log_group_home_dir = .
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 Starting InnoDB instance for recovery.
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 mariabackup: Using 100663296 bytes for buffer pool (set by --use-memory parameter)
2026-05-28  0:33:24 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.3.1
2026-05-28  0:33:24 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of transaction pools: 1
2026-05-28  0:33:24 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using AVX512 instructions
2026-05-28  0:33:24 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using io_uring
2026-05-28  0:33:24 0 [Note] InnoDB: innodb_buffer_pool_size_max=96m, innodb_buffer_pool_size=96m
2026-05-28  0:33:24 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
2026-05-28  0:33:24 0 [Note] InnoDB: Buffered log writes (block size=512 bytes)
2026-05-28  0:33:24 0 [Note] InnoDB: End of log at LSN=45616
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 Last binlog file , position 0
recovered pages: 0% 15% 35% 61% 100% (0.0 seconds); tables to flush: 1 0 (0.0 seconds);
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:24 completed OK!

# run restore

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


.....
.....
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51         ...done
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51 Copying ./sys/x@0024schema_flattened_keys.frm to /var/lib/mariadb/sys/x@0024schema_flattened_keys.frm
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51         ...done
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51 Copying ./sys/x@0024host_summary_by_file_io_type.frm to /var/lib/mariadb/sys/x@0024host_summary_by_file_io_type.frm
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51         ...done
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51 Copying ./sys/io_global_by_file_by_bytes.frm to /var/lib/mariadb/sys/io_global_by_file_by_bytes.frm
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51         ...done
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51 Copying ./sys/x@0024innodb_buffer_stats_by_table.frm to /var/lib/mariadb/sys/x@0024innodb_buffer_stats_by_table.frm
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51         ...done
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51 Copying ./performance_schema/db.opt to /var/lib/mariadb/performance_schema/db.opt
[01] 2026-05-28 00:33:51         ...done
[00] 2026-05-28 00:33:51 completed OK!

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

root@node01:~#
systemctl start mariadb

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