Re: xtrabackup

2009-05-18 Thread Walt Weaver
binlogs. I've done rollforward using binlogs manually before but I was wondering what kind of mechanism xtrabackup uses to do this. I'm currently needing to restore a replication server and since there's no real hurry on it. I thought I'd give xtrabackup a try. Sounds like it could

Re: xtrabackup

2009-05-17 Thread Baron Schwartz
xtrabackup uses to do this. I'm currently needing to restore a replication server and since there's no real hurry on it. I thought I'd give xtrabackup a try. Sounds like it could be a useful tool but the documentation I've found so far is a bit lacking as far as details are concerned. If anyone

xtrabackup

2009-05-15 Thread Walt Weaver
of mechanism xtrabackup uses to do this. I'm currently needing to restore a replication server and since there's no real hurry on it. I thought I'd give xtrabackup a try. Sounds like it could be a useful tool but the documentation I've found so far is a bit lacking as far as details are concerned. If anyone