Support for stream=xbstream in xtrabackup 2

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Xtrabackup 2 is unable to take backups of large databases using stream=tar (the 
tar format used doesn't support large files).

If would be great if xtrabackup-manager allowed to use stream=xbstream instead.

Xtrabackup 2 is now the default Xtrabackup versions when using percona's 
package repository.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by arnaud.lb on 10 Jul 2012 at 8:32

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More infos :

Xtrabackup 1 is shipped with a special "tar" tool supporting large files.

Xtrabackup 2 doesn't ship with a special "tar" tool anymore; as a result 
--stream=tar doesn't work when backuping large files.

Solution is to use --stream=xbstream in XBM, or to use Xtrabackup 1.

Original comment by arnaud.lb on 31 Aug 2013 at 2:29

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Hello Arnaud,

I know this is an old issue, but I currently try to use xbm for creating 
backups with a current xbm and current xtradb single host and run into these 
issues as I don't know how to change the method from tar to xbstream. I just 
can't find any option to do that via xbm backup edit ...
Should I change any default innobackupex or xtrabackup config file to do that?

Greetings
Benjamin

Original comment by der.dar...@gmail.com on 5 Dec 2014 at 8:54

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Hi Benjamin,

The following change worked for me: 
https://github.com/arnaud-lb/xtrabackup-manager/commit/77ced620b6cf31e864e5d14eb
580698e13c90489

Note that this removes support for xtrabackup 1.x.

Original comment by arnaud.lb on 5 Dec 2014 at 9:11

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Thanks for your help, my problem was still a permissions problem. :)

Original comment by der.dar...@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2014 at 7:39