You can perform a full backup operation or an incremental backup operation of a MySQL database group.
You can perform a backup operation using the Kubernetes clients from the master server only.
Procedure
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From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Databases.
The database Overview tab appears.
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On the Instances tab, click an instance.
The instance Overview tab appears.
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On the Database groups tab, click the database group that you want to backup.
The database group overview page appears.
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Click Backup.
The Backup options dialog box appears.
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Under Backup level, select the type of backup that you want to perform, either Full, Incremental or Synthetic full.
Depending on whether you configure the database instance and/or configure the database group, the Truncate logs on source check box and the Purge binary logs check box might or might not appear, to run backup operations on a standby server.
- If you configured one or neither of the entities to run backup operations on a standby server, then the Purge binary logs check box appears.
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If the Purge binary logs check box appears, select it to purge binary logs after the backup.
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Select the Create a backup copy immediately to create a backup copy of the database group.
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Click Submit.