# innobackupex

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex/2335>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [March 1, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex/2335 "2013-03-01T12:18:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![spgriffinjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@spgriffinjr](https://forums.percona.com/u/spgriffinjr)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex/2335/1 "2013-03-01T12:18:07Z")

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Is there anyway to exclude one database from the innobackup script? I currently backup all the databases in mysql but I am looking to exclude just one. I saw the --database option but it states you need to list each table for every database you want to back up.

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![przemek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/przemek/32/3_2.png) [@przemek](https://forums.percona.com/u/przemek)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex/2335/2 "2013-03-01T13:07:26Z")

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You don’t have to specify each table in each database. With --database option the database names list is fair enough.

Also you can use regexp expression to specify which databases and tables should be matched in --include option.

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**Author:** ![spgriffinjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@spgriffinjr](https://forums.percona.com/u/spgriffinjr)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex/2335/3 "2013-03-01T13:33:40Z")

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thanks i realized i am dealing with this bug 569387

using the include option works for me. I’m going to look at upgrading innobackupex at some point