When backing up mysql data today, I encountered the Error Error 2013. Let’s have a look at the reason.

The scene

-bash-4.1$ mysqldump -uroot -p1234456 tpcms > ~/mysql-backup/tpcms.sql
mysqldump: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
mysqldump: Error 2013: Lost connection to MySQL server during query when dumping table `cms_basic` at row: 237

Cause analysis,
Dump volume is so large that it exceeds the set timeout time
As you can see from executing the query below, net_read_timeout is 30 seconds, and net_write_timeout is 90 seconds

mysql> show global variables like '%timeout%';
+-----------------------------+----------+
| Variable_name               | Value    |
+-----------------------------+----------+
| connect_timeout             | 10       |
| delayed_insert_timeout      | 300      |
| have_statement_timeout      | YES      |
| innodb_flush_log_at_timeout | 1        |
| innodb_lock_wait_timeout    | 50       |
| innodb_rollback_on_timeout  | OFF      |
| interactive_timeout         | 28800    |
| lock_wait_timeout           | 31536000 |
| net_read_timeout            | 30       |
| net_write_timeout           | 60       |
| rpl_stop_slave_timeout      | 31536000 |
| slave_net_timeout           | 60       |
| wait_timeout                | 28800    |
+-----------------------------+----------+
13 rows in set (0.01 sec)

The solution
After setting timeout up, you can dump

mysql> set global net_read_timeout = 120; 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> set global net_write_timeout = 900;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> show global variables like '%timeout%';
+-----------------------------+----------+
| Variable_name               | Value    |
+-----------------------------+----------+
| connect_timeout             | 10       |
| delayed_insert_timeout      | 300      |
| have_statement_timeout      | YES      |
| innodb_flush_log_at_timeout | 1        |
| innodb_lock_wait_timeout    | 50       |
| innodb_rollback_on_timeout  | OFF      |
| interactive_timeout         | 28800    |
| lock_wait_timeout           | 31536000 |
| net_read_timeout            | 120      |
| net_write_timeout           | 900      |
| rpl_stop_slave_timeout      | 31536000 |
| slave_net_timeout           | 60       |
| wait_timeout                | 28800    |
+-----------------------------+----------+
13 rows in set (0.01 sec)