NAME

       innochecksum - offline InnoDB file checksum utility

SYNOPSIS

       innochecksum [options] file_name

DESCRIPTION

       innochecksum prints checksums for InnoDB files. This tool reads an InnoDB tablespace file,
       calculates the checksum for each page, compares the calculated checksum to the stored
       checksum, and reports mismatches, which indicate damaged pages. It was originally
       developed to speed up verifying the integrity of tablespace files after power outages but
       can also be used after file copies. Because checksum mismatches cause InnoDB to
       deliberately shut down a running server, it may be preferable to use this tool rather than
       waiting for an in-production server to encounter the damaged pages.  innochecksum supports
       files up to 2GB in size.

       innochecksum does not support tablespaces that contain compressed pages.

       innochecksum cannot be used on tablespace files that the server already has open. For such
       files, you should use CHECK TABLE to check tables within the tablespace.

       If checksum mismatches are found, you would normally restore the tablespace from backup or
       start the server and attempt to use mysqldump to make a backup of the tables within the
       tablespace.

       Invoke innochecksum like this:

           shell> innochecksum [options] file_name

       innochecksum supports the following options. For options that refer to page numbers, the
       numbers are zero-based.

       •   -c

           Print a count of the number of pages in the file.

       •   -d

           Debug mode; prints checksums for each page.

       •   -e num

           End at this page number.

       •   -p num

           Check only this page number.

       •   -s num

           Start at this page number.

       •   -v

           Verbose mode; print a progress indicator every five seconds.

COPYRIGHT

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       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under
       the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
       version 2 of the License.

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       WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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       Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

SEE ALSO

       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be
       installed locally and which is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR

       Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).