You have just executed a manual backup by using this command:
mysqlbackup -u root -p --socket=/tmp/my.sock --backup-dir=/my/backup/ backup The operation completed without error.
What is the state of this backup and operation required before it is ready to be restored?

The 'applicationdb' is using InnoDB and consuming a large amount of file system space. You have a /backup partition available on NFS where backups are stored.
You investigate and gather this information:
* The table data_current has 1,000,000 rows.
* The table data_reports has 1,500,000 rows.
* The table data_archive has 4,500,000 rows.

Three tables are stored in the InnoDB shared tablespace and the details are as follows:

You attempt to free space from ibdata1 by taking a mysqldump of the data_archive table and storing it on your backup partition.

Unfortunately, this action does not free any actual disk space back to the file system and the server disk space is running out.
Which set of actions will allow you to free disk space back to the file system?

Which two statements are true regarding the creating of new MySQL physical and logical backups?

A MySQL Server has been running an existing application successfully for six months. The my.cnf is adjusted to contain this additional configuration:

The MySQL Server is restarted without error.
What effect will the new configuration have on existing account?

Which MySQL utility copies the master instance to a slave instance on the same host?