# How can I backup MySQL database to a remote host using xtrabackup

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**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [October 22, 2015, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-backup-mysql-database-to-a-remote-host-using-xtrabackup/4470 "2015-10-22T08:09:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![tonysunxd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tonysunxd](https://forums.percona.com/u/tonysunxd)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-backup-mysql-database-to-a-remote-host-using-xtrabackup/4470/1 "2015-10-22T08:09:33Z")

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Hello,

I am planning to use xtrabackup to backup MySQL database to a remote host. I noticed that there used to be an option “–remote-host” in innobackupex command but it expired in recent version. How can I do this in xtrabackup new version? I appreciate if anyone can give an example.

Many thanks,

Tony

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**Author:** ![scott.nemes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/scott.nemes/32/5_2.png) [@scott.nemes](https://forums.percona.com/u/scott.nemes)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-backup-mysql-database-to-a-remote-host-using-xtrabackup/4470/2 "2015-10-22T09:33:42Z")

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Hi tonysunxd;

Percona has a nice manual page with some good examples on this:

[url][Percona XtraBackup](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtrabackup/2.3/howtos/recipes_ibkx_stream.html%5B/url%5D)

-Scott

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**Author:** ![tonysunxd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tonysunxd](https://forums.percona.com/u/tonysunxd)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-backup-mysql-database-to-a-remote-host-using-xtrabackup/4470/3 "2015-10-22T12:40:33Z")

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Hi Scott,

Thanks a lot!

Tony