Yes, compressed archives must be decompressed before --apply-log. We don't have that documented explicitly, so changing this bug into a documentation bug.
As to the "bad magic" error, it's most likely bug #983720. The fix will be released in XtraBackup 2.0.1
Yes, compressed archives must be decompressed before --apply-log. We don't have that documented explicitly, so changing this bug into a documentation bug.
As to the "bad magic" error, it's most likely bug #983720. The fix will be released in XtraBackup 2.0.1