As I recently started using MySQL (with many years of SQL Server under my belt), here are some quick tips on restoring an InnobackupEx backup.  There was a context switch for me  but I’m enjoying the experience. Introduction There are many ways to backup / restore database (s) for MySQL but the mechanism I’m referring to here is Percona’s InnobackupEx 2.1 for MySQL.  The instructions for this backup can be found at Preparing a Full Backup with innobackupex and  Making a Full Backup.  What’s great about this type of backup is that it backups all of the databases on the…