MySQL Enterprise Backup User's Guide (Version 9.3.0)
These options control the generation of metadata about backups.
Some metadata is stored in the backup directory, other metadata
is stored in tables within the mysql database
of the backed-up instance.
Turns off the recording of backup progress and history in logging tables inside the backed-up database server. See Section 17.3, “Using the MySQL Enterprise Backup Logs” for details about these tables.
Default: history logging is enabled.
| Command-Line Format | --comments=STRING |
|---|---|
| Type | String |
Specifies a comment string that describes or identifies the
backup. Surround multi-word comments with appropriate
quotation marks. The string is saved in a file
meta/comments.txt in the backup. For
example: --comments="Backup of HR data on
2010/12/10".
| Command-Line Format | --comments-file=PATH |
|---|---|
| Type | File name |
Specifies path to a file containing comments describing the
backup. This file is saved as
meta/comments.txt in the backup. For
example:
--comments-file=/path/to/comments.txt.
This option overrides the
--comments option if both are
specified.