CREATE TABLE t1(i INT PRIMARY KEY auto_increment, a int) ENGINE INNODB; INSERT INTO t1(a) SELECT * from seq_1_to_10000; # xtrabackup backup t1.frm t1.ibd t1.new # xtrabackup prepare # shutdown server # remove datadir # xtrabackup move back # restart SELECT COUNT(*) from t1; COUNT(*) 10000 DROP TABLE t1;