# Xtrabackup: how to restore with it

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-how-to-restore-with-it/7245>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-how-to-restore-with-it/7245 "2019-10-16T22:41:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Joe](https://forums.percona.com/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-how-to-restore-with-it/7245/1 "2019-10-16T22:41:26Z")

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I tried xtrabackup with --backup, --prepare and --cop-back options. But after that MySQL server fails to startup.