January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
446 pages
12h 57m
English
This is a physical backup method whereby you take a backup by directly copying the files inside data directory. Since new data is written while you copy the files, the backup will be inconsistent and cannot be used. To avoid that, you have to shut down MySQL, copy the files, and then start MySQL. This method is not used for daily backups but is well suited during maintenance windows for upgrades or downgrades or while doing a host swap.
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