MySQL for Pivotal Cloud Foundry SCP backups fail due to "unexpected filename"

Products

• VMware Tanzu SQL

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

MySQL v2 SCP backups fail with an "unexpected filename" error similar to the following:

{"timestamp":"1557862198.219463587","source":"ServiceBackup","message":"ServiceBackup.WithIdentifier.scp","log_level":2,"data":{"backup_guid":"423266b6-7b07-49e0-b4d0-dcf9e8b32a70","error":"error performing SCP: 'exit status 1', output: 'scp: error: unexpected filename: .\n'","identifier":"service-instance_6b78bd4a-cca8-47f9-8c2e-9a19b7d98e51","session":"1"}}

Environment

Cause

This error occurs when performing MySQL v2 SCP backups to a destination patched for CVE-2018-20685.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, you must upgrade to a MySQL version that includes Service Backups v18.2.0. Upgrade to one of the following versions of MySQL for PCF:

• MySQL 2.4.5 or greater
• MySQL 2.5.4 or greater