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14.7.2 Changing the Number or Size of InnoDB Redo Log Files

To change the number or size of InnoDB redo log files in MySQL 5.6.7 or earlier, perform the following steps:

If innodb_fast_shutdown is set to 2, set innodb_fast_shutdown to 1:
```
mysql> SET GLOBAL innodb_fast_shutdown = 1;
```
After ensuring that innodb_fast_shutdown is not set to 2, stop the MySQL server and make sure that it shuts down without errors (to ensure that there is no information for outstanding transactions in the log).
Copy the old log files into a safe place in case something went wrong during the shutdown and you need them to recover the tablespace.
Delete the old log files from the log file directory.
Edit my.cnf to change the log file configuration.
Start the MySQL server again. mysqld sees that no InnoDB log files exist at startup and creates new ones.

As of MySQL 5.6.8, the innodb_fast_shutdown setting is no longer relevant when changing the number or the size of InnoDB log files. Additionally, you are no longer required remove old log files, although you may still want to copy the old log files to a safe place, as a backup. To change the number or size of InnoDB log files, perform the following steps:

Stop the MySQL server and make sure that it shuts down without errors.
Edit my.cnf to change the log file configuration. To change the log file size, configure innodb_log_file_size. To increase the number of log files, configure innodb_log_files_in_group.
Start the MySQL server again.

If InnoDB detects that the innodb_log_file_size differs from the redo log file size, it will write a log checkpoint, close and remove the old log files, create new log files at the requested size, and open the new log files.

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User Comments

Posted by Shane Bester on May 8, 2015

The innodb log files are typically named ib_logfile0, ib_logfile1, ib_logifleN where N is less than the number returned by select @@global.innodb_log_files_in_group;