ndb_restore — Restore an NDB Cluster Backup directly. Because it does not make use of the management server, this utility can be used when the management server is not running, and even when the cluster has been completely shut down. The NDB Cluster restoration program is implemented as a separate command-line utility  ndb_restore , which can normally be found in the MySQL  bin  directory. This program reads the files created as a result of the backup and inserts the stored information into the database. Beginning with NDB 8.0.17, this program no longer prints NDBT_ProgramExit: ...  when it finishes its run. Applications depending on this behavior should be modified accordingly when upgrading from NDB 8.0.16 or earlier to a NDB 8.0 later release. ndb_restore  must be executed once for each of the backup files that were created by the  START BACKUP  command used to create the backup (see Section 23.5.8.2, “Using The NDB Cluster Management Client to Create a Backup” ). This is equal to the number of data nodes in the cluster at the time that the backup was created. Before using  ndb_restore , it is recommended that the cluster be running in single user mode, unless you are restoring multiple data nodes in parallel. See Section 23.5.6, “NDB Cluster Single User Mode” , for more information. Options that can be used with  ndb_restore  are shown in the following table. Additional descriptions follow the table. 4365 23.4.23 ndb_restore — Restore an NDB Cluster Backup Note Note Table 23.41 Command-line options used with the program ndb_restore Format Description Added, Deprecated, or Removed --allow-pk-changes[=0|1] Allow changes to set of columns making up table’s primary key ADDED: NDB 8.0.21 --append Append data to tab-delimited file (Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0) --backup-password=string Supply a password for decrypting an encrypted backup with -- decrypt; see documentation for allowed values ADDED: NDB 8.0.22 --backup-password-from- stdin[=value] Get decryption password in a secure fashion from STDIN; use together with --decrypt option ADDED: NDB 8.0.24 --backup-path=dir_name Path to backup files directory (Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0) --backupid=# , -b Restore from backup having this ID (Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0) --character-sets-dir=path Directory containing character sets (Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0) --connect , Alias for --connectstring (Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)