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 Instances page appears.
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Click an instance.
The instance page appears.
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In the Database groups section, click the database group that you want to back up.
The database group page appears.
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In the Backup section, click Back up now.
The Select backup level dialog box appears.
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Under Backup level, select the type of backup that you want to perform, either Full or Incremental.
Whether the Truncate logs on source check box and the Purge binary logs check box appear depends on whether you configured the database instance and/or configured the database group to run backup operations on a standby server:
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If you configured both entities to run backup operations on a standby server, then the Truncate logs on source check box appears.
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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 Truncate logs on source check box appears, select it to truncate the logs after the backup.
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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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Click OK.