MariaDB systemd database documentation clarifications (#1303).

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Dan Helfman
2026-05-28 11:50:25 -07:00
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@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ databases](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/how-to/backup-your-databases/#all-datab
borgmatic excludes most data coming from [MariaDB system
databases](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/system-tables),
because much of it is populated on MariaDB startup and thus not restorable (or
just unnecessary to backup). The system data that borgmatic does include in
these dumps are: users, roles, grants, user-defined functions, and remote
servers.
just unnecessary to backup).
The system data that borgmatic does include in these dumps are: users, roles,
grants, user-defined functions, and remote servers—all from the `mysql` system
database. This omits all other data from the `mysql` database, which includes
index and table statistics, time zones, and installed server plugins. It also
excludes the separate `information_schema`, `performance_schema`, and `sys`
system databases. This is not currently configurable.
Within a Borg archive, you can find this data stored in a dump named `mysql`—the
name of the system table this data comes from. And if you'd like to dump this