# Legacy Clients and Utilities

- [Analyzing Tools](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/analyzing-tools.md)
- [EXPLAIN Analyzer](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/analyzing-tools/explain-analyzer.md)
- [EXPLAIN Analyzer API](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/analyzing-tools/explain-analyzer-api.md)
- [mysqld\_safe](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mariadbd_safe.md)
- [MySQL Sandbox](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql-sandbox.md)
- [mysql\_convert\_table\_format](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_convert_table_format.md)
- [mysql\_embedded](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_embedded.md)
- [mysql\_find\_rows](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_find_rows.md)
- [mysql\_fix\_extensions](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_fix_extensions.md)
- [mysql\_install\_db](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_install_db.md)
- [mysql\_plugin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_plugin.md)
- [mysql\_secure\_installation](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_secure_installation.md): Complete mysql\_secure\_installation guide: renamed to mariadb-secure-installation in 10.5, Linux symlink access, Windows alternate binary, security setup.
- [mysql\_setpermission](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_setpermission.md)
- [mysql\_tzinfo\_to\_sql](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_tzinfo_to_sql.md)
- [mysql\_upgrade](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_upgrade.md)
- [mysql\_waitpid](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_waitpid.md)
- [mysql\_zap](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_zap.md)
- [mysqlaccess](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqlaccess.md)
- [mysqladmin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqladmin.md)
- [mysqlcheck](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqlcheck.md)
- [mysqld\_multi](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqld_multi.md)
- [mysqldump](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqldump.md): Complete mysqldump guide for MariaDB. Complete reference documentation for implementation, configuration, and usage with comprehensive examples and best.
- [mysqldumpslow](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqldumpslow.md)
- [mysqlhotcopy](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqlhotcopy.md)
- [mysqlimport](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqlimport.md)
- [mysqlreport](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqlreport.md)
- [mysqlshow](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqlshow.md)
- [mysqlslap](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysqlslap.md)
- [Percona XtraBackup](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/backing-up-and-restoring-databases-percona-xtrabackup.md): Open source tool for performing hot backups of MariaDB, MySQL and Percona Server databases
- [Percona XtraBackup Overview](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/backing-up-and-restoring-databases-percona-xtrabackup/percona-xtrabackup-overview.md)
- [Percona XtraBackup Build Instructions](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/backing-up-and-restoring-databases-percona-xtrabackup/percona-xtrabackup-build-instructions.md)
- [msql2mysql](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/msql2mysql.md)
- [xtstat](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/xtstat.md)


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