# Innobackupex Or Xtrabackup - What Is The Future?

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex-or-xtrabackup-what-is-the-future/6023>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [November 25, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex-or-xtrabackup-what-is-the-future/6023 "2017-11-25T03:33:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![darkinlife9x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@darkinlife9x](https://forums.percona.com/u/darkinlife9x)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex-or-xtrabackup-what-is-the-future/6023/1 "2017-11-25T03:33:09Z")

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Hello,  
Sometimes ago i have read a message, that the innobackupex in near future should removed. I have a working script for making backups of my databases. When you planned the removing of this tool? Should I use xtrabackup to be secure in the future?

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Coburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/michael_coburn/32/18_2.png) [@Michael\_Coburn](https://forums.percona.com/u/Michael_Coburn)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex-or-xtrabackup-what-is-the-future/6023/2 "2018-01-02T11:13:09Z")

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Hi [darkinlife9x](https://percona.vanillacommunities.com/profile/x/x/41538) ,

At this time we have no plans to retire the innobackupex interface. if you are able to find a link, can you share where you read about innobackupex being removed?