create table t (a int) with system versioning; insert into t values (1); update t set a=2; insert into t values (3); # shutdown server # remove datadir # xtrabackup move back # restart server show create table t; Table Create Table t CREATE TABLE `t` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `sys_trx_start` SYS_TRX_TYPE GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START, `sys_trx_end` SYS_TRX_TYPE GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END, PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`sys_trx_start`, `sys_trx_end`) ) ENGINE=INNODB_OR_MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING select * from t; a 2 select a from t for system_time all; a 2 1 drop table t;