mysqlpump is deprecated as of MySQL 8.0.34; expect it to be removed in a future version of MySQL. You can use such MySQL programs as mysqldump and MySQL Shell to perform logical backups, dump databases, and similar tasks instead.

Consider using the MySQL Shell dump utilities[1], which provide parallel dumping with multiple threads, file compression, and progress information display, as well as cloud features such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage streaming, and MySQL HeatWave Service compatibility checks and modifications. Dumps can be easily imported into a MySQL Server instance or a MySQL HeatWave Service DB System using the MySQL Shell load dump utilities[2]. Installation instructions for MySQL Shell can be found here[3].

mysqlpump uses MySQL features introduced in MySQL 5.7, and thus assumes use with MySQL 5.7 or higher.

A dump made using PowerShell on Windows with output redirection creates a file that has UTF-16 encoding:

mysqlpump [options] > dump.sql

However, UTF-16 is not permitted as a connection character set (see Section 10.4, “Connection Character Sets and Collations”), so the dump file cannot be loaded correctly. To work around this issue, use the --result-file option, which creates the output in ASCII format:

mysqlpump [options] --result-file=dump.sql

mysqlpump --all-databases

mysqlpump db_name
mysqlpump db_name tbl_name1 tbl_name2 ...

mysqlpump --databases db_name1 db_name2 ...

mysqlpump --exclude-databases=% --users

mysqlpump [options] > dump.sql
mysql < dump.sql

Display a help message and exit.

Write a DROP DATABASE statement before each CREATE DATABASE statement.

Write a DROP TABLE statement before each CREATE TABLE statement.

Write a DROP USER statement before each CREATE USER statement.

Surround each table dump with LOCK TABLES and UNLOCK TABLES statements. This results in faster inserts when the dump file is reloaded. See Section 8.2.5.1, “Optimizing INSERT Statements”.

This option does not work with parallelism because INSERT statements from different tables can be interleaved and UNLOCK TABLES following the end of the inserts for one table could release locks on tables for which inserts remain.

--add-locks and --single-transaction are mutually exclusive.

Dump all databases (with certain exceptions noted in mysqlpump Restrictions). This is the default behavior if no other is specified explicitly.

--all-databases and --databases are mutually exclusive.

On a computer having multiple network interfaces, use this option to select which interface to use for connecting to the MySQL server.

The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 10.15, “Character Set Configuration”.

Add ANALYZE TABLE statements to the output to generate histogram statistics for dumped tables when the dump file is reloaded. This option is disabled by default because histogram generation for large tables can take a long time.

Write complete INSERT statements that include column names.

Compress all information sent between the client and the server if possible. See Section 4.2.8, “Connection Compression Control”.

As of MySQL 8.0.18, this option is deprecated. Expect it to be removed in a future version of MySQL. See the section called “Configuring Legacy Connection Compression”.

By default, mysqlpump does not compress output. This option specifies output compression using the specified algorithm. Permitted algorithms are LZ4 and ZLIB.

To uncompress compressed output, you must have an appropriate utility. If the system commands lz4 and openssl zlib are not available, MySQL distributions include lz4_decompress and zlib_decompress utilities that can be used to decompress mysqlpump output that was compressed using the --compress-output=LZ4 and --compress-output=ZLIB options. For more information, see lz4_decompress(1), and zlib_decompress(1).

The permitted compression algorithms for connections to the server. The available algorithms are the same as for the protocol_compression_algorithms system variable. The default value is uncompressed.

For more information, see Section 4.2.8, “Connection Compression Control”.

This option was added in MySQL 8.0.18.

Normally, mysqlpump treats the first name argument on the command line as a database name and any following names as table names. With this option, it treats all name arguments as database names. CREATE DATABASE statements are included in the output before each new database.

--all-databases and --databases are mutually exclusive.

Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is d:t:o,file_name. The default is d:t:O,/tmp/mysqlpump.trace.

This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG. MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this option.

Print some debugging information when the program exits.

This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG. MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this option.

Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program exits.

This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG. MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this option.

A hint about which client-side authentication plugin to use. See Section 6.2.17, “Pluggable Authentication”.

Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 10.15, “Character Set Configuration”. If no character set is specified, mysqlpump uses utf8mb4.

The default number of threads for each parallel processing queue. The default is 2.

The --parallel-schemas option also affects parallelism and can be used to override the default number of threads. For more information, see mysqlpump Parallel Processing.

With --default-parallelism=0 and no --parallel-schemas options, mysqlpump runs as a single-threaded process and creates no queues.

With parallelism enabled, it is possible for output from different databases to be interleaved.

Read this option file after the global option file but (on Unix) before the user option file. If the file does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. If file_name is not an absolute path name, it is interpreted relative to the current directory.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

Use only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. If file_name is not an absolute path name, it is interpreted relative to the current directory.

Exception: Even with --defaults-file, client programs read .mylogin.cnf.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

Read not only the usual option groups, but also groups with the usual names and a suffix of str. For example, mysqlpump normally reads the [client] and [mysqlpump] groups. If this option is given as --defaults-group-suffix=_other, mysqlpump also reads the [client_other] and [mysqlpump_other] groups.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

In the dump output, defer index creation for each table until after its rows have been loaded. This works for all storage engines, but for InnoDB applies only for secondary indexes.

This option is enabled by default; use --skip-defer-table-indexes to disable it.

Include Event Scheduler events for the dumped databases in the output. Event dumping requires the EVENT privileges for those databases.

The output generated by using --events contains CREATE EVENT statements to create the events.

This option is enabled by default; use --skip-events to disable it.

Do not dump the databases in db_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated database names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Do not dump the databases in event_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated event names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Do not dump the events in routine_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated routine (stored procedure or function) names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Do not dump the tables in table_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated table names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Do not dump the triggers in trigger_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated trigger names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Do not dump the user accounts in user_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated account names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Write INSERT statements using multiple-row syntax that includes several VALUES lists. This results in a smaller dump file and speeds up inserts when the file is reloaded.

The option value indicates the number of rows to include in each INSERT statement. The default is 250. A value of 1 produces one INSERT statement per table row.

Request from the server the public key required for RSA key pair-based password exchange. This option applies to clients that authenticate with the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin. For that plugin, the server does not send the public key unless requested. This option is ignored for accounts that do not authenticate with that plugin. It is also ignored if RSA-based password exchange is not used, as is the case when the client connects to the server using a secure connection.

If --server-public-key-path=file_name is given and specifies a valid public key file, it takes precedence over --get-server-public-key.

For information about the caching_sha2_password plugin, see Section 6.4.1.2, “Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication”.

Dump binary columns using hexadecimal notation (for example, 'abc' becomes 0x616263). The affected data types are BINARY, VARBINARY, BLOB types, BIT, all spatial data types, and other non-binary data types when used with the binary character set.

Dump data from the MySQL server on the given host.

Dump the databases in db_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated database names. The dump includes all objects in the named databases. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Dump the events in event_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated event names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Dump the routines in routine_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated routine (stored procedure or function) names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Dump the tables in table_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated table names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Dump the triggers in trigger_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated trigger names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Dump the user accounts in user_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated user names. Multiple instances of this option are additive. For more information, see mysqlpump Object Selection.

Write INSERT IGNORE statements rather than INSERT statements.

Log warnings and errors by appending them to the named file. If this option is not given, mysqlpump writes warnings and errors to the standard error output.

Read options from the named login path in the .mylogin.cnf login path file. A “login path” is an option group containing options that specify which MySQL server to connect to and which account to authenticate as. To create or modify a login path file, use the mysql_config_editor utility. See mysql_config_editor(1).

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

The maximum size of the buffer for client/server communication. The default is 24MB, the maximum is 1GB.

The initial size of the buffer for client/server communication. When creating multiple-row INSERT statements (as with the --extended-insert option), mysqlpump creates rows up to N bytes long. If you use this option to increase the value, ensure that the MySQL server net_buffer_length system variable has a value at least this large.

Suppress any CREATE DATABASE statements that might otherwise be included in the output.

Do not write CREATE TABLE statements that create each dumped table.

Do not read any option files. If program startup fails due to reading unknown options from an option file, --no-defaults can be used to prevent them from being read.

The exception is that the .mylogin.cnf file is read in all cases, if it exists. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way than on the command line even when --no-defaults is used. To create .mylogin.cnf, use the mysql_config_editor utility. See mysql_config_editor(1).

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

Create a queue for processing the databases in db_list, which is a list of one or more comma-separated database names. If N is given, the queue uses N threads. If N is not given, the --default-parallelism option determines the number of queue threads.

Multiple instances of this option create multiple queues. mysqlpump also creates a default queue to use for databases not named in any --parallel-schemas option, and for dumping user definitions if command options select them. For more information, see mysqlpump Parallel Processing.

The password of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server. The password value is optional. If not given, mysqlpump prompts for one. If given, there must be no space between --password= or -p and the password following it. If no password option is specified, the default is to send no password.

Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. To avoid giving the password on the command line, use an option file. See Section 6.1.2.1, “End-User Guidelines for Password Security”.

To explicitly specify that there is no password and that mysqlpump should not prompt for one, use the --skip-password option.

Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. To avoid giving the password on the command line, use an option file. See Section 6.1.2.1, “End-User Guidelines for Password Security”.

To explicitly specify that there is no password and that mysqlpump should not prompt for one, use the --skip-password1 option.

--password1 and --password are synonymous, as are --skip-password1 and --skip-password.

The directory in which to look for plugins. Specify this option if the --default-auth option is used to specify an authentication plugin but mysqlpump does not find it. See Section 6.2.17, “Pluggable Authentication”.

For TCP/IP connections, the port number to use.

Print the program name and all options that it gets from option files.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.

The transport protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is useful when the other connection parameters normally result in use of a protocol other than the one you want. For details on the permissible values, see Section 4.2.7, “Connection Transport Protocols”.

Write REPLACE statements rather than INSERT statements.

Direct output to the named file. The result file is created and its previous contents overwritten, even if an error occurs while generating the dump.

This option should be used on Windows to prevent newline \n characters from being converted to \r\n carriage return/newline sequences.

Include stored routines (procedures and functions) for the dumped databases in the output. This option requires the global SELECT privilege.

The output generated by using --routines contains CREATE PROCEDURE and CREATE FUNCTION statements to create the routines.

This option is enabled by default; use --skip-routines to disable it.

The path name to a file in PEM format containing a client-side copy of the public key required by the server for RSA key pair-based password exchange. This option applies to clients that authenticate with the sha256_password or caching_sha2_password authentication plugin. This option is ignored for accounts that do not authenticate with one of those plugins. It is also ignored if RSA-based password exchange is not used, as is the case when the client connects to the server using a secure connection.

If --server-public-key-path=file_name is given and specifies a valid public key file, it takes precedence over --get-server-public-key.

For sha256_password, this option applies only if MySQL was built using OpenSSL.

For information about the sha256_password and caching_sha2_password plugins, see Section 6.4.1.3, “SHA-256 Pluggable Authentication”, and Section 6.4.1.2, “Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication”.

Write SET NAMES default_character_set to the output.

This option is enabled by default. To disable it and suppress the SET NAMES statement, use --skip-set-charset.

This option enables control over global transaction ID (GTID) information written to the dump file, by indicating whether to add a SET @@GLOBAL.gtid_purged statement to the output. This option may also cause a statement to be written to the output that disables binary logging while the dump file is being reloaded.

The following table shows the permitted option values. The default value is AUTO.

The --set-gtid-purged option has the following effect on binary logging when the dump file is reloaded:

This option sets the transaction isolation mode to REPEATABLE READ and sends a START TRANSACTION SQL statement to the server before dumping data. It is useful only with transactional tables such as InnoDB, because then it dumps the consistent state of the database at the time when START TRANSACTION was issued without blocking any applications.

When using this option, you should keep in mind that only InnoDB tables are dumped in a consistent state. For example, any MyISAM or MEMORY tables dumped while using this option may still change state.

While a --single-transaction dump is in process, to ensure a valid dump file (correct table contents and binary log coordinates), no other connection should use the following statements: ALTER TABLE, CREATE TABLE, DROP TABLE, RENAME TABLE, TRUNCATE TABLE. A consistent read is not isolated from those statements, so use of them on a table to be dumped can cause the SELECT that is performed by mysqlpump to retrieve the table contents to obtain incorrect contents or fail.

--add-locks and --single-transaction are mutually exclusive.

Omit DEFINER and SQL SECURITY clauses from the CREATE statements for views and stored programs. The dump file, when reloaded, creates objects that use the default DEFINER and SQL SECURITY values. See Section 25.6, “Stored Object Access Control”.

Do not dump table rows.

This option is available beginning with MySQL 8.0.30, and causes generated invisible primary keys (GIPKs) to be excluded from the dump. See Section 13.1.20.11, “Generated Invisible Primary Keys”, for more information about GIPKs and GIPK mode.

For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

On Windows, this option applies only if the server was started with the named_pipe system variable enabled to support named-pipe connections. In addition, the user making the connection must be a member of the Windows group specified by the named_pipe_full_access_group system variable.

Controls whether to enable FIPS mode on the client side. The --ssl-fips-mode option differs from other --ssl-xxx options in that it is not used to establish encrypted connections, but rather to affect which cryptographic operations to permit. See Section 6.8, “FIPS Support”.

These --ssl-fips-mode values are permitted:

The permissible ciphersuites for encrypted connections that use TLSv1.3. The value is a list of one or more colon-separated ciphersuite names. The ciphersuites that can be named for this option depend on the SSL library used to compile MySQL. For details, see Section 6.3.2, “Encrypted Connection TLS Protocols and Ciphers”.

This option was added in MySQL 8.0.16.

The permissible TLS protocols for encrypted connections. The value is a list of one or more comma-separated protocol names. The protocols that can be named for this option depend on the SSL library used to compile MySQL. For details, see Section 6.3.2, “Encrypted Connection TLS Protocols and Ciphers”.

Include triggers for each dumped table in the output.

This option is enabled by default; use --skip-triggers to disable it.

This option enables TIMESTAMP columns to be dumped and reloaded between servers in different time zones. mysqlpump sets its connection time zone to UTC and adds SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' to the dump file. Without this option, TIMESTAMP columns are dumped and reloaded in the time zones local to the source and destination servers, which can cause the values to change if the servers are in different time zones. --tz-utc also protects against changes due to daylight saving time.

This option is enabled by default; use --skip-tz-utc to disable it.

The user name of the MySQL account to use for connecting to the server.

If you are using the Rewriter plugin with MySQL 8.0.31 or later, you should grant this user the SKIP_QUERY_REWRITE privilege.

Dump user accounts as logical definitions in the form of CREATE USER and GRANT statements.

User definitions are stored in the grant tables in the mysql system database. By default, mysqlpump does not include the grant tables in mysql database dumps. To dump the contents of the grant tables as logical definitions, use the --users option and suppress all database dumping:

mysqlpump --exclude-databases=% --users

Display version information and exit.

Periodically display a progress indicator that provides information about the completed and total number of tables, rows, and other objects.

This option is enabled by default; use --skip-watch-progress to disable it.

The compression level to use for connections to the server that use the zstd compression algorithm. The permitted levels are from 1 to 22, with larger values indicating increasing levels of compression. The default zstd compression level is 3. The compression level setting has no effect on connections that do not use zstd compression.

For more information, see Section 4.2.8, “Connection Compression Control”.

This option was added in MySQL 8.0.18.

--exclude-databases=test,world
--include-tables=customer,invoice

mysqlpump --include-databases=db1,db2 --exclude-tables=db1.t1,db2.t2

--include-databases=% is similar to --all-databases, but selects all databases for dumping, even those that are exceptions for --all-databases.

The default queue always uses the default number of threads. Additional queues use the default number of threads unless you specify otherwise.

Multiple instances of the --parallel-schemas option create multiple queues.

Names in the database list are permitted to contain the same % and _ wildcard characters supported for filtering options (see mysqlpump Object Selection).

mysqlpump --parallel-schemas=db1,db2 --parallel-schemas=db3

mysqlpump --parallel-schemas=db1,db2 --parallel-schemas=db3


          --default-parallelism=4

mysqlpump --parallel-schemas=5:db1,db2 --parallel-schemas=3:db3

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