> I'm using MySQL server 5.1 with the newest xtrabackup debian package
> from Percona's repo.

> I'm trying to backup to a remote server by using this command:
> innobackupex-1.5.1 --password=mypass --stream=tar /tmp/mysql_backup/ --
> slave-info | nc mysql-02 9999

> And on the remote destination:
> nc -l -p 9999 | tar xfi - -C /var/backups/mysql

> I have a InnoDB big db (40GB), and a 200MB MyISAM db.

> At the first couple of minutes I get a lot of ">> log scanned up to
> (86835313840)" lines, and I can see the .ibd files created and getting
> larger on the destination. about 10MBps...
> After a couple of minutes, innobackupex locks all the tables and tries
> to copy FRM, MYD, MID files:

> 110720 19:48:47  innobackupex-1.5.1: Starting mysql with options:  --
> password='mypass' --unbuffered --
> 110720 19:48:47  innobackupex-1.5.1: Connected to database with mysql
> child process (pid=6165)>> log scanned up to (86835996968)

> 110720 19:48:51  innobackupex-1.5.1: Starting to lock all tables...>> log scanned up to (86836058050)
> >> log scanned up to (86836099692)
> >> log scanned up to (86836199676)

> 110720 19:49:04  innobackupex-1.5.1: All tables locked and flushed to
> disk
> 110720 19:49:04  innobackupex-1.5.1: Starting to
> backup .frm, .MRG, .MYD, .MYI,
> innobackupex-1.5.1: .TRG, .TRN, .ARM, .ARZ, .CSM, .CSV and .opt files
> in
> innobackupex-1.5.1: subdirectories of '/var/lib/mysql'
> innobackupex-1.5.1: Backing up files '/var/lib/mysql/openx/*.
> {frm,MYD,MYI,MRG,TRG,TRN,ARM,ARZ,CSM,CSV,opt,par}' (172 files)

> but nothing happens! no FRM file is being copied, it's like it's
> stuck... but the .ibd files keep growing (a big one, 26GB is getting
> filled), and more and more "log scanned up to..." lines are shown.
> In all that time, the entire server is with a read lock, and my app is
> completely down with this long read lock.

> I can't backup to a local location because I don't have enough space
> on the local host.

> Appreciate the help,
> Thanks,
> Bar.