# XtraBackup 2.x vs 8.x

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-2-x-vs-8-x/7895>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [August 12, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-2-x-vs-8-x/7895 "2020-08-12T11:57:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![caot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@caot](https://forums.percona.com/u/caot)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-2-x-vs-8-x/7895/1 "2020-08-12T11:57:56Z")

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percona-xtrabackup-2.1.6 provided innobackupex, however xtrabackup-80 does’t have such a script anymore.Can the innobackupex still be used? Or it’s not needed? Is there any document on the upgrade and the major change?

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-2-x-vs-8-x/7895/2 "2020-08-12T12:05:01Z")

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Hello caot,  
innobackupex is no longer needed. Everything is contained within the `xtrabackup` command. This has actually been the case ever since xtrabackup-2.4.&nbsp;innobackupex was just a wrapper/pointer to the xtrabackup binary. 2.1.6 is very, very, old. There is plenty of documentation on our website for the changes.  
At a basic level, you can take a backup like this:

```auto
xtrabackup --backup --target-dir /var/backup --parallel 4

```

That will create a full backup and store it in /var/backup