NetBackup™ for MariaDB Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.1)

Performing MariaDB backups

Prerequisites

Before you perform the backups, you must meet the following prerequisites:

  • (LVM users) Ensure that the MariaDB data directory and logs directory reside on the logical volume.

  • (Windows) Set the NetBackup\bin directory in the environment variable.

    For example, Path =C:\Program Files\Veritas\Netbackup\bin

  • Configure the DataStore policy from the NetBackup Administration Console.

  • (LVM) Verify that there is enough space for the snapshot in the volume group, and then set the snapshot size on the command line.

    Note:

    Ensure that the snapshot size is 50% of the instance size that you want to backup.

  • (Linux) Create a symbolic link libmariadb.so and ensure that it points to the correct libmariadb.so.<n> library version.

  • Set the FLUSH and LOCK user privileges.

  • Verify the installing prerequisites and post-installation requirements.

    For more information,

    For more information, See Post-installation requirements for NetBackup.

To run the backup

  1. Run the following command:

    nbmariadb -o backup

    -S primary_server_name

    -P policy_name

    -s schedule_name

    (Linux)-z snapshot_size

    -l mariadb_library_path

    [-portnum db_port]

    [-u db_user]

    (Linux)-b backup_type

  2. (Optional) When prompted, type the database password. The NetBackup then connects to the database and initiates the backup.
Scheduling MariaDB backups from the NetBackup

You can schedule the MariaDB backups from the NetBackup Administration Console using the DataStore policy to call a backup script.

For more information, https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100041621