Create Backup Set

Backup Requirements

Please ensure that the following requirements are met by the MariaDB server.

  1. MariaDB server is installed on this computer.
  2. The MariaDB database instance is online.
  3. The MariaDB database instance listening port is 3306. Check using the netstat -an command.

    For example:

    Active Connections
    Proto   Local Address    Foreign Address   State

    TCP    0.0.0.0:3306     0.0.0.0:0       LISTENING
  4. The mysqldump utility is installed on the MariaDB database server.
  5. The mysqldump utility is the same version as the MariaDB database. To check the mysqldump version use the mysqldump --version command.
  6. A MariaDB user with ALL PRIVILEGES must be prepared for the backup operation.

    For example:

    MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
    MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'username'@'localhost.localdomain' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
    MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
  7. Verify that 'localhost' on the MariaDB database server is resolvable and 'localhost' is allowed to access the MariaDB database instance on the MariaDB service listening port.
  8. The 'information_schema' and 'performance_schema' databases are MariaDB virtual system databases, which contains information about the user databases on the MariaDB instance are automatically excluded from the backup source. They are read-only and cannot be backed up.
  9. Databases selected for backup will be temporarily spooled to a temporary directory before being uploaded to the backup server or destination storage.
    Please ensure that the temporary directory configured for MariaDB database backup: Please bear in mind the size of the databases may grow over time and you may need to review the temporary directory free space requirements on a regular basis.


Key:

Field Description
Name The name of the backup set.
Backup set type The backup set type, e.g. MariaDB Backup
Login ID The username of the MariaDB system account. Default is root user.
Password The password for the MariaDB system account.
Host The host of the MariaDB server. Default is localhost.
Port The listening port of the MariaDB server. Default is 3306.
Path to mysqldump The path of the mysqldump file.

Set the name of the backup set

To create a backup set name:

  1. Type in a meaningful backup set name.
  2. Select the backup set type.
  3. Enter the Login ID.
  4. Enter the password.
  5. Enter the host.
  6. Enter the port.
  7. Click [Change] to select the path of the mysqldump file.
  8. Click [Next] to continue.