XtraBackup对Innodb的备份之所以是热备,无需锁表,是基于Innodb自身的崩溃恢复机制,它首先复制所有的Innodb数据文件,这样复制出来的文件肯定是不一致的,然后对每个文件进行崩溃恢复处理,最终达到一致。就和MySQL在启动Innodb的时候一样,会通过比较数据文件头和redo log文件头信息来检查数据是否是一致的,如果不一致就尝试通过前滚(把redo log中所有提交的事务写入数据文件)和回滚(从数据文件中撤销所有redo log中未提交的事务引起的修改)来使数据达到最终一致。
XtraBackup在启动的时候会记录一个LSN(log sequence number),然后就把所有的Innodb数据文件复制出来,这样复制出来的数据文件是不一致的,但是XtraBackup会在后台运行一个进程把所有对redo log file的修改记录下来,只要有了这个数据,就能进行崩溃恢复。只所以要额外记录下来,是因为MySQL自身的redo log file是可重用的。
以上的操作是由xtrabackup二进制程序(比如xtrabackup_55)完成的,如果使用innobackupex 脚本,刚才的步骤完成以后,innobackupex就会去备份MyISAM表和.frm文件,这时要保证数据的一致性就会先锁表了,通过FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK命令锁表然后把文件复制出来,再释放掉这个锁。
在恢复数据的时候,要经过prepare(recovery)和restore两个步骤。在prepare结束以后,Innodb的表恢复到了复制Innodb文件结束的时间点,这个时间点也就是锁表复制MyISAM表的起点,所以最终数据是一致的。一般我们在恢复的时候执行两次prepare,是因为第二次prepare会帮助我们生成redo log文件,从而加快MySQL数据库启动的速度。
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110701 03:29:13 innobackupex: Starting ibbackup with command: xtrabackup_55 --defaults-file="/home/mysql/3306/my.cnf" --backup --suspend-at-end --log-stream --target-dir=./
innobackupex: Waiting for ibbackup (pid=22334) to suspend
innobackupex: Suspend file '/home/mysql/3306/data/xtrabackup_suspended'
xtrabackup: suspend-at-end is enabled.
xtrabackup: uses posix_fadvise().
xtrabackup: cd to /home/mysql/3306/data
xtrabackup: Target instance is assumed as followings.
xtrabackup: innodb_data_home_dir = /home/mysql/3306/data
xtrabackup: innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:512M:autoextend
xtrabackup: innodb_log_group_home_dir = /home/mysql/3306/redolog
xtrabackup: innodb_log_files_in_group = 3
xtrabackup: innodb_log_file_size = 134217728
110701 3:29:13 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO
110701 3:29:13 InnoDB: Warning: allocated tablespace 268, old maximum was 0
xtrabackup: Stream mode.
>> log scanned up to (2371741708)
110701 03:29:15 innobackupex: Continuing after ibbackup has suspended
innobackupex: Starting to backup InnoDB tables and indexes
innobackupex: from original InnoDB data directory '/home/mysql/3306/data'
innobackupex: Backing up as tar stream 'ibdata1'
>> log scanned up to (2371741708)
>> log scanned up to (2371742105)
>> log scanned up to (2371742105)
innobackupex: Backing up file '/home/mysql/3306/data/test/t.ibd'
>> log scanned up to (2371742115)
innobackupex: Backing up files '/home/mysql/3306/data/banping/*.ibd' (16 files)
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110701 03:29:35 innobackupex: Connected to database with mysql child process (pid=22630)
>> log scanned up to (2371742526)
110701 03:29:39 innobackupex: Starting to lock all tables...
>> log scanned up to (2371742526)
>> log scanned up to (2371742526)
110701 03:29:51 innobackupex: All tables locked and flushed to disk
110701 03:29:51 innobackupex: Starting to backup .frm, .MRG, .MYD, .MYI,
innobackupex: .TRG, .TRN, .ARM, .ARZ, .CSM, .CSV and .opt files in
innobackupex: subdirectories of '/home/mysql/3306/data'
innobackupex: Backing up files '/home/mysql/3306/data/banping/*.{frm,MYD,MYI,MRG,TRG,TRN,ARM,ARZ,CSM,CSV,opt,par}' (17 files)
innobackupex: Backing up file '/home/mysql/3306/data/test/t.frm'
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110701 03:29:53 innobackupex: Finished backing up .frm, .MRG, .MYD, .MYI, .TRG, .TRN, .ARM, .ARZ, .CSV, .CSM and .opt files
innobackupex: Resuming ibbackup
xtrabackup: The latest check point (for incremental): '2371742526'
>> log scanned up to (2371742526)
xtrabackup: Transaction log of lsn (2371741708) to (2371742526) was copied.
110701 03:29:55 innobackupex: All tables unlocked
110701 03:29:55 innobackupex: Connection to database server closed
innobackupex: Backup created in directory '/home/mysql/backup/data/3306'
innobackupex: MySQL binlog position: filename 'bin.000014', position 309836330mysql,information_schema,performance_schema
innobackupex: MySQL slave binlog position: master host '', filename '', position
innobackupex: You must use -i (--ignore-zeros) option for extraction of the tar stream.
110701 03:29:55 innobackupex: completed OK!