What do you need to set up a successful mysqldump? Let’s take a look.

mysqldump is a client utility that is used to perform logical backups of the MySQL database. This popular migration tool is useful for various use cases of MySQL such as:

• Backup and restore of databases.
• Migrating data from one server to another.
• Migrating data across different managed MySQL service providers.
• Migrating data between different versions of MySQL.

mysqldump works by reading the source database objects and generating a set of SQL statements that are stored in a dump file. By replaying these statements on the destination database server, the original data is reconstructed. Since this model uses a reading of the whole database and then essentially rebuilding, both dump and restore are time-consuming operations for a large database. The process might even turn cumbersome if you encounter errors during either dump or restore as it may lead you to fix the issues and re-run the operations. This is why it’s important to plan well before you take up the dump and restore activity.

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