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XtraBackup PRO
XtraBackup PRO
- Percona XtraBackup Pro
- Install Percona XtraBackup Pro
  Install Percona XtraBackup Pro
  - Install Percona XtraBackup Pro
  - Files in packages built for Percona XtraBackup Pro
- Pro build features
  Pro build features
  - Reduced backup lock time
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Release notes
Release notes
Quickstart Guide
Quickstart Guide
How Percona XtraBackup works
How Percona XtraBackup works
Features
Features
- Backup features
  Backup features
  - LRU dump backup
  - Throttling backups
  - Store backup history on the server
  - xbstream features
    xbstream features
    
    Take a streaming backup
    
    Accelerate backup process
- Restore features
  Restore features
  - Point-in-time recovery
- FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK option
- Improved log statements
- InnoDB Redo Log Archiving
- Smart memory estimation
- Work with binary logs
- xbcloud features
  xbcloud features
  - FIFO data sink
  - Exponential backoff
Binaries
Binaries
- Overview
- The xtrabackup binary
  The xtrabackup binary
- The xbcrypt binary
  The xbcrypt binary
  - The xbcrypt binary overview
  - The xbcrypt command-line options
- The xbstream binary
  The xbstream binary
  - The xbstream binary overview
  - The xbstream command-line options
- The xbcloud binary
  The xbcloud binary
Install
Install
- Install overview
- Before you start
  Before you start
- Use APT
  Use APT
- Use YUM
  Use YUM
- Use binary tarballs
  Use binary tarballs
  - Install with binary tarballs
  - Binary tarballs available
- Compile from source
  Compile from source
  - Compile and install from source
- Docker
  Docker
  - Run a Docker container
How to
How to
- Take a full backup
  Take a full backup
  - Create a full backup
  - Prepare a full backup
- Take an incremental backup
  Take an incremental backup
- Take a compressed backup
  Take a compressed backup
- Take an encrypted backup
  Take an encrypted backup
  - Encrypt backups
- Take a partial backup
  Take a partial backup
  - Create a partial backup
  - Prepare a partial backup
- Back up individual partitions
  Back up individual partitions
  - Create an individual partitions backup
  - Prepare an individual partitions backup
- Restore a backup
  Restore a backup
- Restore individual tables
- Replicate
  Replicate
Troubleshoot
Troubleshoot
- xtrabackup exit codes
- Update the curl utility in Debian 10
Reference
Reference
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Percona XtraBackup 8.4 release notes index¶

Percona XtraBackup 8.4.0-4 (2025-08-21)
Percona XtraBackup 8.4.0-3 (2025-05-29)
Percona XtraBackup 8.4.0-2 (2024-12-18)
Percona XtraBackup 8.4.0-1 (2024-08-20)

2025-07-31

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