Xtrabackup ignores --tables option

When trying to make a partial backup with the –tables option, every tables are skipped and nothing is backed up :

root@test-lxc-2:/var/lib/mysql# xtrabackup --backup --tables='test1.Persons1 test1.Persons2' --parallel=2 --target-dir=/home/backups/
2025-11-21T13:24:10.320225-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] recognized server arguments: --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp --innodb_file_per_table=1 --innodb_buffer_pool_size=410M --innodb_log_file_size=64M --innodb_log_buffer_size=8M --innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1 --server-id=40 --log_bin=/var/lib/mysql/mysql-bin --log-bin-index=/var/lib/mysql/mysql-bin.index 
2025-11-21T13:24:10.320281-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] recognized client arguments: --port=3306 --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock --user=root --password=* --backup=1 --tables=test1.Persons1 test1.Persons2 --parallel=2 --target-dir=/home/backups/ 
xtrabackup version 8.0.35-34 based on MySQL server 8.0.35 Linux (x86_64) (revision id: c8a25ff9)
251121 13:24:10  version_check Connecting to MySQL server with DSN 'dbi:mysql:;mysql_read_default_group=xtrabackup;port=3306;mysql_socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' as 'root'  (using password: YES).
251121 13:24:10  version_check Connected to MySQL server
251121 13:24:10  version_check Executing a version check against the server...
251121 13:24:10  version_check Done.
2025-11-21T13:24:10.347870-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Connecting to MySQL server host: localhost, user: root, password: set, port: 3306, socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
2025-11-21T13:24:10.349782-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Using server version 8.0.44
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350547-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Executing LOCK INSTANCE FOR BACKUP ...
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350788-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] uses posix_fadvise().
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350797-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] cd to /var/lib/mysql
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350802-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] open files limit requested 0, set to 1024
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350951-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] using the following InnoDB configuration:
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350957-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] innodb_data_home_dir = .
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350959-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:12M:autoextend
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350971-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] innodb_log_group_home_dir = ./
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350972-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] innodb_log_files_in_group = 2
2025-11-21T13:24:10.350976-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] innodb_log_file_size = 67108864
2025-11-21T13:24:10.351503-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Added plugin 'keyring_file.so' to load list.
2025-11-21T13:24:10.352159-00:00 0 [Warning] [MY-013360] [InnoDB] Plugin keyring_file reported: ''keyring_file plugin' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use component_keyring_file instead'
2025-11-21T13:24:10.352191-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] inititialize_service_handles suceeded
2025-11-21T13:24:10.382738-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Connecting to MySQL server host: localhost, user: root, password: set, port: 3306, socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
2025-11-21T13:24:10.384533-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Redo Log Archiving is not set up.
2025-11-21T13:24:10.486910-00:00 1 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] >> log scanned up to (29737764)
2025-11-21T13:24:10.487791-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-012953] [InnoDB] Disabling background ibuf IO read threads.
2025-11-21T13:24:10.690995-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Generating a list of tablespaces
2025-11-21T13:24:10.691009-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-012204] [InnoDB] Scanning './'
2025-11-21T13:24:10.691998-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-012208] [InnoDB] Completed space ID check of 2 files.
2025-11-21T13:24:10.692420-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-013252] [InnoDB] Using undo tablespace './undo_001'.
2025-11-21T13:24:10.692628-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-013252] [InnoDB] Using undo tablespace './undo_002'.
2025-11-21T13:24:10.692994-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-012910] [InnoDB] Opened 2 existing undo tablespaces.
2025-11-21T13:24:10.693005-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Starting 2 threads for parallel data files transfer
2025-11-21T13:24:10.693133-00:00 2 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Copying ./ibdata1 to /home/backups/ibdata1
2025-11-21T13:24:10.693307-00:00 3 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Copying ./mysql.ibd to /home/backups/mysql.ibd
2025-11-21T13:24:10.708948-00:00 2 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Copying ./ibdata1 to /home/backups/ibdata1
2025-11-21T13:24:10.717292-00:00 2 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Copying ./undo_002 to /home/backups/undo_002
2025-11-21T13:24:10.737081-00:00 2 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Copying ./undo_002 to /home/backups/undo_002
2025-11-21T13:24:10.741480-00:00 2 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Copying ./undo_001 to /home/backups/undo_001
2025-11-21T13:24:10.743007-00:00 3 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Copying ./mysql.ibd to /home/backups/mysql.ibd
2025-11-21T13:24:10.763180-00:00 2 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Copying ./undo_001 to /home/backups/undo_001
2025-11-21T13:24:11.487230-00:00 1 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] >> log scanned up to (29737764)
2025-11-21T13:24:11.693526-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Starting to backup non-InnoDB tables and files
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694864-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./ibtmp1
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694881-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql-bin.000005
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694884-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql-bin.000003
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694886-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./server-key.pem
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694887-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./auto.cnf
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694889-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql-bin.000010
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694891-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./#ib_16384_1.dblwr
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694893-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql-bin.index
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694895-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping sys/sys_config.ibd
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694896-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql-bin.000002
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694898-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./ibdata1
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694900-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./binlog.000002
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694902-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql-bin.000011
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694903-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./ib_buffer_pool
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694905-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql-bin.000001
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694907-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./server-cert.pem
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694908-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql-bin.000012
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694910-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./ca-key.pem
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694912-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping mysql/slow_log.CSM
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694914-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping mysql/general_log_213.sdi
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694915-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping mysql/general_log.CSM
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694917-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping mysql/slow_log.CSV
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694919-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping mysql/general_log.CSV
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694921-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping mysql/slow_log_214.sdi
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694923-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_redo/#ib_redo33_tmp
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694925-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_redo/#ib_redo32_tmp
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694926-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_redo/#ib_redo8
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694928-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_redo/#ib_redo31_tmp
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2025-11-21T13:24:11.694972-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_redo/#ib_redo21_tmp
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694974-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_redo/#ib_redo29_tmp
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694976-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_redo/#ib_redo25_tmp
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694977-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_redo/#ib_redo27_tmp
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694979-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./binlog.000003
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694981-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./#ib_16384_0.dblwr
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694982-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./binlog.index
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694984-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql.ibd
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694986-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./client-key.pem
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694989-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping test2/Persons1.ibd
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694992-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping test2/Truc.ibd
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694994-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping test2/Persons2.ibd
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694996-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./ca.pem
2025-11-21T13:24:11.694998-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./test-lxc-1.pid
2025-11-21T13:24:11.695000-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./binlog.000001
2025-11-21T13:24:11.695002-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_temp/temp_6.ibt
2025-11-21T13:24:11.695004-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping #innodb_temp/temp_2.ibt
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2025-11-21T13:24:11.695020-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./mysql-bin.000007
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2025-11-21T13:24:11.695716-00:00 5 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping ./undo_001
2025-11-21T13:24:11.695722-00:00 4 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping test1/Persons1.ibd
2025-11-21T13:24:11.695743-00:00 5 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping test1/Truc.ibd
2025-11-21T13:24:11.695753-00:00 5 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Skipping test1/Persons2.ibd
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2025-11-21T13:24:11.795967-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Finished backing up non-InnoDB tables and files
2025-11-21T13:24:11.795979-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Executing FLUSH NO_WRITE_TO_BINLOG BINARY LOGS
2025-11-21T13:24:11.806256-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Selecting LSN and binary log position from p_s.log_status
2025-11-21T13:24:11.807386-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Copying /var/lib/mysql/mysql-bin.000013 to /home/backups/mysql-bin.000013 up to position 197
2025-11-21T13:24:11.807410-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Copying /var/lib/mysql/mysql-bin.000013 to /home/backups/mysql-bin.000013
2025-11-21T13:24:11.809341-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Writing /home/backups/mysql-bin.index
2025-11-21T13:24:11.809352-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Writing file /home/backups/mysql-bin.index
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2025-11-21T13:24:11.811761-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Writing file /home/backups/xtrabackup_binlog_info
2025-11-21T13:24:11.814425-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Executing FLUSH NO_WRITE_TO_BINLOG ENGINE LOGS...
2025-11-21T13:24:11.815621-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] The latest check point (for incremental): '29737764'
2025-11-21T13:24:11.815628-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Stopping log copying thread at LSN 29737764
2025-11-21T13:24:11.815665-00:00 1 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Starting to parse redo log at lsn = 29737510
2025-11-21T13:24:11.821590-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Executing UNLOCK INSTANCE
2025-11-21T13:24:11.821639-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] All tables unlocked
2025-11-21T13:24:11.821661-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Copying ib_buffer_pool to /home/backups/ib_buffer_pool
2025-11-21T13:24:11.822042-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Copying ib_buffer_pool to /home/backups/ib_buffer_pool
2025-11-21T13:24:11.824661-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Backup created in directory '/home/backups/'
2025-11-21T13:24:11.824663-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] MySQL binlog position: filename 'mysql-bin.000013', position '197', GTID of the last change '62b02877-c6da-11f0-8e2b-bc24119fe01b:1-26'
2025-11-21T13:24:11.824682-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Writing /home/backups/backup-my.cnf
2025-11-21T13:24:11.824695-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Writing file /home/backups/backup-my.cnf
2025-11-21T13:24:11.827035-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Writing /home/backups/xtrabackup_info
2025-11-21T13:24:11.827047-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Done: Writing file /home/backups/xtrabackup_info
2025-11-21T13:24:12.830884-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Transaction log of lsn (29737764) to (29737764) was copied.
2025-11-21T13:24:13.033993-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-010733] [Server] Shutting down plugin 'keyring_file'
2025-11-21T13:24:13.034012-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-010733] [Server] Shutting down plugin 'daemon_keyring_proxy_plugin'
2025-11-21T13:24:13.035013-00:00 0 [Note] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] completed OK!

Anyone knows what happened ?

Thanks !

–tables requires filter with regex.

Try this:
–tables=“^(test1.person1|test2.person2)$”

or use the --tables-file option.

Example:
–tables-file=/location/of/file/mytables.txt

then inside that file list your tables.

test1.person1
test2.person2

After more tests this week-end, what I found :

(Reminder : I have 2 databases test1 and test2 in addition to mysql, performance_schema and sys. Each of test1 and test2 databases have 3 tables : Persons1, Persons2 and Truc

I want to backup test1.Persons1 + test1.Persons2 and, if I could, mysql + performance_schema + sys.)

What I found :

OK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=‘^(test1.Persons1|test1.Persons2)$’ --target-dir=/home/backups/

OK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=‘^(test1.Persons1|test1.Persons2|mysql[.].*|performance_schema[.].*|sys[.].*)$’ --target-dir=/home/backups/

OK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=test1.Persons1,test1.Persons2,mysql[.].*,performance_schema[.].*,sys[.].* --target-dir=/home/backups/

OK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=test1.Persons1,test1.Persons2,mysql.*,performance_schema.*,sys.* --target-dir=/home/backups/

But :

NOK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=test1.Persons1,test1.Persons2 --databases=mysql,performance_schema,sys --target-dir=/home/backups/

→ No databases copied

NOK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=“test1.Persons1,test1.Persons2” --databases=“mysql performance_schema sys test1” --target-dir=/home/backups/

→ test1.Persons1 and test1.Persons1 are copied but test1.Truc is incorrectly copied as well.

NOK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=“test1.Persons1,test1.Persons2” --databases=“mysql,performance_schema,sys,test1” --target-dir=/home/backups/

→ test1.Persons1 and test1.Persons1 are copied but test1.Truc is incorrectly copied as well.

NOK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=‘^(test1.Persons1|test1.Persons2)$’ --databases=“^(mysql|performance_schema|sys)” --target-dir=/home/backups/

→ No databases copied

NOK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=test1.Persons1,test1.Persons2 --databases=mysql.*,performance_schema.*,sys.* --target-dir=/home/backups/

→ No databases copied

NOK : xtrabackup --backup --tables=test1.Persons1,test1.Persons2 --databases=mysql[.].*,performance_schema[.].*,sys[.].* --target-dir=/home/backups/

→ No databases copied

NOK : xtrabackup --backup --databases=“test1[.].*,mysql[.].*,performance_schema[.].*,sys[.].*” --target-dir=/home/backups/

→ No databases copied

In general, –tables and –databases doesn’t have the same behavior. And, most importantly, –tables and –databases can’t be used at the same time.

The documentation is really not clear on this and sometimes misleading…