The MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB)
Team is pleased to announce
the release of MEB 3.7.1, a maintenance release version that includes bug fixes
and enhancements to some of
the existing features.
The most important feature introduced in this release is Automatic Incremental Backup.
The new argument syntax for
the --incremental-base option is introduced which makes it simpler to perform automatic incremental backups. When
the options --incremental & --incremental-base=history:last_backup are combined,
the mysqlbackup command uses
the metadata in
the mysql.backup_history table to determine
the LSN to use as
the lower limit of
the incremental backup. You no longer need to keep track of
the actual LSN (as in
the option --start-lsn=LSN) or even
the location of
the previous backup (as in
the option --incremental-base=dir:directory_path)This release also incudes various bug fixes related to some options used in MEB.
The most important are few of them as listed below,1.
The option --force now allows overwriting InnoDB data
and log files in combination with
the apply-log
and apply-incremental-backup options,
and replacing
the image file in combination with
the backup-to-image
and backup-dir-to-image options. 2. Resolved a bug that prevented MEB to interface with third-party storage managers to execute backup
and restore jobs in combination with
the SBT interface
and associated --sbt* options for mysqlbackup. 3. When MEB is run with
the copy-back option, it now displays warnings as existing files are overwritten.For more information about other bug fixes, please refer to
the change-log in http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-enterprise-backup/3.7/en/meb-news.html
The complete MEB documentation is located at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-enterprise-backup/3.7/en/index.html. You will find
the binaries for
the new release in My Oracle Support, https://support.oracle.comChoose
the "Patches & Updates" tab,
and then use
the "Product or Family (Advanced Search)" feature. If you haven't looked at MEB 3.7.1 recently, please do so now
and let us know how MEB works for you. Send your feedback to
[email protected].