create table t (a int) with system versioning; insert into t values (1); update t set a=2; insert into t values (3); # shutdown server # remove datadir # xtrabackup move back # restart server show create table t; Table Create Table t CREATE TABLE `t` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=INNODB_OR_MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING select * from t; a 2 select a from t for system_time all; a 2 1 create or replace table t ( a int, s bigint unsigned as row start invisible, e bigint unsigned as row end invisible, period for system_time(s, e) ) with system versioning engine=innodb; insert into t values (1); update t set a=2; insert into t values (3); # shutdown server # remove datadir # xtrabackup move back # restart server show create table t; Table Create Table t CREATE TABLE `t` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `s` bigint(20) unsigned GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START INVISIBLE, `e` bigint(20) unsigned GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END INVISIBLE, PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`s`, `e`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING select * from t; a 2 select a from t for system_time all; a 2 1 drop table t;