Dell™ NetVault™ Backup Plug-in for MySQL 11.1
About this release
Dell NetVault Backup (NetVault Backup) Plug‑in for MySQL (Plug‑in for MySQL) 11.1 is a major release, with enhanced features and functionality. For complete product documentation, visit http://quest.com/support/.
New features
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Added support for pure 64-bit Windows®. To use the pure 64-bit version of the plug-in, you must use the pure 64-bit version of NetVault Backup 11.1 or later. (30809) |
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Added support for MySQL Cluster Network Database (NDB) 7.x, which is based on a cluster-enabled MySQL Server 5.6. This feature uses the mysqldump utility as the backup method. (28481) |
Enhancements
The following is a list of enhancements implemented in Plug‑in for MySQL 11.1.
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Added support for backing up database views. Backups of mysql databases now include view table types. |
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Updated the backup process to exclude the performance_schema database when all databases are selected for a Full Backup job. You can no longer select the performance_schema database for an Individual Database/Table Copy Only Backup job. |
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Updated the severity level from Warning to Job message for backup jobs that include an empty database. Updated the message to read: Database <xyz> is empty and will not be backed up. |
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To reduce the impact of the known issue described for issue ID 30852 and MySQL 5.5 and 5.6, the plug-in displays detailed error messages. The plug-in also restores the remaining mysql database tables to ensure that the mysql.user table, which contains all MySQL user account information, is available during subsequent database restores. |
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Consolidated hybrid 32-bit and 64-bit plug-in installation packages into one package. This change applies to hybrid installation packages for Linux®, Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, and Windows®. |