Dear Koha Community, Here is a problem that someone here in this community might come across or know to share how to solve this problem; I talked with my ICT administrator to solve this issue to have access to the koha mysql but was unable to do so to fix the DBMS auto increment problem. The issue of the "unknown variable" in the script is; *mysql: [ERROR] unknown variable 'init-file=/var/lib/mysql/init-file_koha_library.sql'* I can do the mysqldump and run the backup on the test server but on the production server, I have no access at all. Looking into the past forum emails, wikis there is not much help. Thanking everyone here in advance for their invaluable insight and pointing me towards solving the problem. Kind regards *Decka David* Matheson Librarian | PNG University of Technology | PMB | Lae, 411 | Morobe Province | PAPUA NEW GUINEA Alternate E: decka.david@gmail.com | P: 657 4734353 <%28657%29%20473-4353> | F: 675 4374363