MySQL Some considerations for modifying innodb_data_file_path parameters

Preface

innodb_data_file_path is used to specify the innodb tablespace file. If we do not specify innodb_data_home_dir and innodb_data_file_path in the My. cnf file, ibdata1 will be created as innodb tablespace by default in the datadir directory.

Description

In the test environment, the service was initialized and started without setting too many detailed parameters. In the later optimization process, it was found that the setting of innodb_data_file_path was too small:

root@node1 14:59: [(none)]> show variables like '%innodb_data_file_path%';
+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value  |
+-----------------------+------------------------+
| innodb_data_file_path | ibdata1:12M:autoextend |
+-----------------------+------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

root@node1 14:59: [(none)]>

When innodb_data_file_path is not configured, the default innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:12M:autoextend

[mysqld]
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:12M:autoextend

When you need to change to 1G, you cannot change ibdata1 to 1G directly in the configuration file.

[mysqld]
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:1G:autoextend

Otherwise, after starting the service, you will see the following error report from the error log:

2019-03-29T06:47:32.044316Z 0 [ERROR] InnoDB: The Auto-extending innodb_system data file './ibdata1' is of a different size 768 pages (rounded down to MB) than specified in the .cnf file: initial 65536 pages, max 0 (relevant if non-zero) pages!

The size of ibdata1 is not 65536page*16KB/1024KB=1G , but 786page*16KB/1024KB=12M
(No compressed pages used)

Method 1: Recommend

Instead, add another ibdata2: 1G, as follows:

[mysqld]
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:12M;ibdata2:1G:autoextend

Restart the database!

Method 2: Not recommended

Replace it directly with the following words

[mysqld]
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:1G:autoextend

You can delete the files ibdata1, ib_logfile0, ib_logfile1 under the $mysql_datadir directory:

rm -f ibdata* ib_logfile*

You can also start MySQL, but the following error is reported in the mysql error log:

2019-03-29T07:10:47.844560Z 0 [Warning] Could not increase number of max_open_files to more than 5000 (request: 65535)
2019-03-29T07:10:47.844686Z 0 [Warning] Changed limits: table_open_cache: 1983 (requested 2000)
2019-03-29T07:10:48.028262Z 0 [Warning] 'NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER' sql mode was not set.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.147653Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/plugin from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
mysqld: Table 'mysql.plugin' doesn't exist
2019-03-29T07:10:48.147775Z 0 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.163444Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/gtid_executed from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
mysqld: Table 'mysql.gtid_executed' doesn't exist
2019-03-29T07:10:48.163502Z 0 [Warning] Gtid table is not ready to be used. Table 'mysql.gtid_executed' cannot be opened.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.163658Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/gtid_executed from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
mysqld: Table 'mysql.gtid_executed' doesn't exist
2019-03-29T07:10:48.163711Z 0 [Warning] Gtid table is not ready to be used. Table 'mysql.gtid_executed' cannot be opened.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.164619Z 0 [Warning] Failed to set up SSL because of the following SSL library error: SSL context is not usable without certificate and private key
2019-03-29T07:10:48.166805Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/server_cost from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.166891Z 0 [Warning] Failed to open optimizer cost constant tables

2019-03-29T07:10:48.168072Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/time_zone_leap_second from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.168165Z 0 [Warning] Can't open and lock time zone table: Table 'mysql.time_zone_leap_second' doesn't exist trying to live without them
2019-03-29T07:10:48.169454Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/servers from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.169527Z 0 [ERROR] Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.servers' doesn't exist
2019-03-29T07:10:48.170042Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/slave_master_info from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.170617Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/slave_relay_log_info from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.170946Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/slave_master_info from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.171046Z 0 [Warning] Info table is not ready to be used. Table 'mysql.slave_master_info' cannot be opened.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.171272Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/slave_worker_info from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.171626Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Cannot open table mysql/slave_relay_log_info from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Please refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-troubleshooting.html for how to resolve the issue.
2019-03-29T07:10:48.171688Z 0 [Warning] Info table is not ready to be used. Table 'mysql.slave_relay_log_info' cannot be opened.

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