mysqldump - Check backup history

[Mandar Alawani]

Hi All,

I am using "mysqldump" command to perform scheduled database backup for 2 production databases.

As this is a newer method for us to take backups, earlier we were using "mysqlbackup" (physical backup of files), I would like to know how to check that the database backup has been done fine?

I would like any one of the below methods possible:
1. run mysql query on the database (I have mySQL Workbench) to find the backup database.
2. Can mySQL Workbench be used to check this (asking as it allowed us to check backup status of mysqlbackup backup?

Any help is highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Mandar