Cannot Create XML Backup Due to Corrupt Table

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*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Symptoms

The following error appears in the logs when creating an XML backup:

com.atlassian.confluence.importexport.ImportExportException: Couldn't backup database data. at com.atlassian.confluence.importexport.impl.AbstractXmlExporter.backupEntities(AbstractXmlExporter.java:183) at com.atlassian.confluence.importexport.impl.AbstractXmlExporter.backupEverything(AbstractXmlExporter.java:85) at com.atlassian.confluence.importexport.impl.FileXmlExporter.backupEverything(FileXmlExporter.java:75) at com.atlassian.confluence.importexport.impl.AbstractXmlExporter.doExport(AbstractXmlExporter.java:78) at com.atlassian.confluence.importexport.impl.FileXmlExporter.doExport(FileXmlExporter.java:41) ... Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Can't open file: 'CLUSTERSAFETY.MYI'. (errno: 145) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:2928) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1571) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1666) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2994) at com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement.executeInternal(PreparedStatement.java:936) at com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement.executeQuery(PreparedStatement.java:1030) at com.mchange.v2.c3p0.impl.NewProxyPreparedStatement.executeQuery(NewProxyPreparedStatement.java:76) at net.sf.hibernate.impl.BatcherImpl.getResultSet(BatcherImpl.java:89)

Cause

Clustersafety table in Confluence was corrupted.

Resolution

Fix this with mysql-admin. See the MySQL documentation.

Updated on May 22, 2025

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