Just recently, I have been asked to look into what a Disaster Recovery site for InnoDB Cluster would look like.

If you’re reading this, then I assume you’re familiar with what MySQL InnoDB Cluster is, and how it is configured, components, etc.

Reminder: InnoDB Cluster (Group Replication, Shell & Router) in version 8.0 has had serious improvements from 5.7. Please try it out.

So, given that, and given that we want to consider how best to fulfill the need, i.e. create a DR site for our InnoDB Cluster, let’s get started.

Basically I’ll be looking at the following scenario:

InnoDB Cluster Source site with a Group Replication Disaster Recovery Site.

Now, just before we get into the nitty-gritty, here’s the scope.

Life is already hard enough, so we want as much automated as possible, so, yes, InnoDB Cluster gets some of that done, but there are other parts we will still have …

Por si no se hubiera visto o promocionado lo suficiente, quería compartir la lista de webcasts en Español que ya hay disponible en On Demand webinars en el apartado de News & Events en mysql.com:

https://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/on-demand-webinars/#es-20-0

Sobre 1 hora de duración cada una, aquí tenéis algunos ejemplos:

MySQL InnoDB Cluster: Una introducción y Demo

MySQL, NoSQL, JSON, JS, Python: Document Store. (+demo)

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Today is World Backup Day, so I thought I would use the opportunity to discuss some best practices and general considerations regarding backing up MySQL instances. While I focus on MySQL, several of these tips apply to backups in general.

Backup your data

Before heading into the gory details, let’s first take a look at the best practices at a high level:

• Make sure you can restore your backups:
  • Document and script the restore procedures. Do you know the steps required to restore a full backup – or a single table?
  • Keep copies of the backups off-site. Do you have a copy of your backup if the data center becomes unavailable for example due to a fire?
  • Validate your …

The old adage that time is money does not give any hints about buying more time. A MySQL Enterprise subscription does allow you to purchase time. Your technical staff has to do more with less time than ever before and operational delays add up extremely quickly.  Having the right tools when things go critical means staff can do what they need to do, when they need to do it.

So how does MySQL Enterprise Edition buy you more time?

When things inevitably go wrong, searching for free answers to problems on web sites with many dubious or flat out wrong solutions is a waste of precious time.  Informational websites like are fine sources of general information for researching technical issues but not when mission critical services are degraded or down.  An online recommendation to do what very large Enterprise Company does may not make sense for your company if you are not …

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Since MySQL 5.6, the digest feature of the MySQL Performance Schema has provided a convenient and effective way to obtain statistics of queries based on their normalized form. The feature works so well that it has almost completely (from my experience) replaced the connector extensions and proxy for collecting query statistics for the Query Analyzer (Quan) in MySQL Enterprise Monitor (MEM).

MySQL 8 adds further improvements to the digest feature in the Performance Schema including a sample query with statistics for each digest, percentile information, and a histogram summary. This blog will explore these new features.

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The Performance Schema and sys schema are great for investigating what is going on in MySQL including investigating performance issues. In my work in MySQL Support, I have a several times heard questions whether a peak in the InnoDB Data File I/O – Latency graph in MySQL Enterprise Monitor (MEM) or some values from the corresponding tables and view in the Performance Schema and sys schema are cause for concern. This blog will discuss what these observations means and how to use them.

The Tables and Views Involved

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Carrying on with my MySQL 5.7 Labs Multi Source Replication scenario, I wanted to evaluate performance impact via MySQL Enterprise Monitor.

Whilst I opened my environment, I remember that I had generated lots of different skeleton scripts that allowed me to deploy the 50 servers quickly, and I didn’t want to add each of my targets 1 by 1 in MEM. So, I used one of the many features available, “Add Bulk MySQL Instances”.

So, I’ve got 50 (3001-3050) masters but only 1 slave (3100).

By default, MEM monitors it’s own repository, i.e. the 1/1 server being monitored in the All group.

I want to add my slave in first, because that’s how I’m organizing things, and I’ll take the opportunity to create the monitoring group I want to …

We are pleased to announce that MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.0.9 is now available for download on the My Oracle Support (MOS) web site.

The Service Manager, Agent, and bundled MySQL Server binaries included in 3.0.9 are all updated to use OpenSSL 1.0.1g. Please see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/opensslheartbleedcve-2014-0160-2188454.html for further information. You can also find additional details about Enterprise Monitor 3.0.9 in the change log.

You will find binaries for the new release on My Oracle Support. Choose the "Patches & Updates" tab, and then choose the "Product or Family (Advanced Search)" side tab in the "Patch Search" …

We are pleased to announce that MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.0.8 is now available for download on the My Oracle Support (MOS) web site. It will also be available via the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud in about 1 week. This is a maintenance release that includes a few new features and fixes a number of bugs. You can find more information on the contents of this release in the change log.

You will find binaries for the new release on My Oracle Support. Choose the "Patches & Updates" tab, and then choose the "Product or Family (Advanced Search)" side tab in the "Patch Search" portlet.

You will also find the binaries on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud in approximately 1 week. Choose "MySQL Database" as the Product Pack …

MySQL Enterprise Monitor (MEM) is part of the MySQL Enterprise Edition, and MEM provides real-time visibility into the performance and availability of all your MySQL databases. MEM and the MySQL Query Analyzer continuously monitor your databases and alerts you to potential problems before they impact your system. It’s like having a “Virtual DBA Assistant” at your side to recommend best practices to eliminate security vulnerabilities, improve replication, optimize performance and more. As a result, the productivity of your developers, DBAs and System Administrators is improved significantly.

With MEM, you have a couple of notification options for receiving information when MEM has received an event alert. An event alert is a “significant deviation from the baseline performance …