Mysql problem with lot of tables

written by Admin

Posted on 2015-04-22

Problem

mysqldump cannot dump a database with hundreds of tables. It returns: "Got error: 1016: Can't open file: '/***/***/***.frm' (errno: 24) when using LOCK TABLES"

Solution

Mysqldump opens ALL tables during LOCK TABLES. When the database contains a large number of tables it may reach the max open files limit.

For a one shot solution you can add --lock-tables=false in the mysqldump command.

# mysqldump --lock-tables=false --opt -u username -p databasename > dump.sql

For a definitive solution add this line in the [mysqld] or [mysqld_safe] section in your my.cnf config file.

[mysqld]

open_files_limit=16384

WARNING: on Windows the open_files_limit variable can be no more than 2048.
See MySQL limitations page for the windows server platform.

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