diff --git a/bin/ADMIN_backup.pl b/bin/ADMIN_backup.pl
index d87fa783..a4955adc 100644
--- a/bin/ADMIN_backup.pl
+++ b/bin/ADMIN_backup.pl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # DESCRIPTION:
 # Backs-up the asterisk database, conf/agi/sounds/bin files 
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2023  Matt Florell <vicidial@gmail.com>    LICENSE: AGPLv2
+# Copyright (C) 2026  Matt Florell <vicidial@gmail.com>    LICENSE: AGPLv2
 #
 # CHANGELOG
 #
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 # 191119-1658 - Added --db-remote option to specify '--host' parameter for mysqldumpdump
 # 210817-1956 - Added --db-leads-only option to dump only the vicidial_list table
 # 230215-1456 - update of table categories
+# 260901-1012 - Added check for mariadb-dump and mariadb first
 #
 
 $secT = time();
@@ -345,30 +346,38 @@ if ( ($without_db < 1) && ($conf_only < 1) )
 		### find mysqldump binary to do the database dump
 		print "\n----- Mysql dump -----\n\n";
 		$mysqldumpbin = '';
-		if ( -e ('/usr/bin/mysqldump')) {$mysqldumpbin = '/usr/bin/mysqldump';}
+		if ( -e ('/usr/bin/mariadb-dump')) {$mysqldumpbin = '/usr/bin/mariadb-dump';}
 		else 
 			{
-			if ( -e ('/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump')) {$mysqldumpbin = '/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump';}
-			else
+			if ( -e ('/usr/bin/mysqldump')) {$mysqldumpbin = '/usr/bin/mysqldump';}
+			else 
 				{
-				if ( -e ('/bin/mysqldump')) {$mysqldumpbin = '/bin/mysqldump';}
+				if ( -e ('/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump')) {$mysqldumpbin = '/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump';}
 				else
 					{
-					print "Can't find mysqldump binary! MySQL backups will not work...\n";
+					if ( -e ('/bin/mysqldump')) {$mysqldumpbin = '/bin/mysqldump';}
+					else
+						{
+						print "Can't find mysqldump binary! MySQL backups will not work...\n";
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		$mysqlbin = '';
-		if ( -e ('/usr/bin/mysql')) {$mysqlbin = '/usr/bin/mysql';}
+		if ( -e ('/usr/bin/mariadb')) {$mysqlbin = '/usr/bin/mariadb';}
 		else 
 			{
-			if ( -e ('/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql')) {$mysqlbin = '/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql';}
-			else
+			if ( -e ('/usr/bin/mysql')) {$mysqlbin = '/usr/bin/mysql';}
+			else 
 				{
-				if ( -e ('/bin/mysql')) {$mysqlbin = '/bin/mysql';}
+				if ( -e ('/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql')) {$mysqlbin = '/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql';}
 				else
 					{
-					print "Can't find mysql binary! MySQL lead-only backups will not work...\n";
+					if ( -e ('/bin/mysql')) {$mysqlbin = '/bin/mysql';}
+					else
+						{
+						print "Can't find mysql binary! MySQL lead-only backups will not work...\n";
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -455,14 +464,14 @@ if ( ($without_db < 1) && ($conf_only < 1) )
 					{
 					$archive_tables .= " $aryA[0]";
 					}
-				elsif ($aryA[0] =~ /_log|server_performance|vicidial_ivr|vicidial_hopper|vicidial_manager|web_client_sessions|imm_outcomes|_counts|_sip$|_recent|_queue$|_urls$/) 
+				elsif ($aryA[0] =~ /_log|server_performance|vicidial_ivr|vicidial_hopper|vicidial_manager|web_client_sessions|imm_outcomes|_counts|_sip$|_recent|_queue$|_urls$|_overrides|_messages|_drops|_auth|_calls|_caller_codes|_daily|_extensions|_gaps|_reserve/) 
 					{
 					$log_tables .= " $aryA[0]";
 					}
 				elsif ($aryA[0] =~ /server|^phones|conferences|stats|vicidial_list$|^custom|_email_list|_email_attachments|_notes$/) 
 					{
 					$regular_tables .= " $aryA[0]";
-					}				
+					}
 				else 
 					{
 					$conf_tables .= " $aryA[0]";
diff --git a/bin/SERVER_stats.pl b/bin/SERVER_stats.pl
index fe2cf7e0..647802fb 100644
--- a/bin/SERVER_stats.pl
+++ b/bin/SERVER_stats.pl
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #
 # This script gathers several system metrics and stores them in the MySQL database
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2024  Matt Florell <vicidial@gmail.com>    LICENSE: AGPLv2
+# Copyright (C) 2026  Matt Florell <vicidial@gmail.com>    LICENSE: AGPLv2
 #
 # CHANGES
 # 240217-2226 - First build
+# 260901-1011 - Look for mariadb-admin first, replacement for mysqladmin
 #
 
 $start_epoch = time();
@@ -173,18 +174,26 @@ else
 		}
 	}
 
-### find mysqladmin binary (database admin)
+### find mysqladmin (or mariadb-admin) binary (database admin)
 $mysqladminbin = '';
-if ( -e ('/bin/mysqladmin')) {$mysqladminbin = '/bin/mysqladmin';}
+if ( -e ('/usr/bin/mariadb-admin')) {$mysqladminbin = '/usr/bin/mariadb-admin';}
 else
 	{
-	if ( -e ('/usr/bin/mysqladmin')) {$mysqladminbin = '/usr/bin/mysqladmin';}
+	if ( -e ('/bin/mariadb-admin')) {$mysqladminbin = '/bin/mariadb-admin';}
 	else
 		{
-		if ( -e ('/usr/local/bin/mysqladmin')) {$mysqladminbin = '/usr/local/bin/mysqladmin';}
+		if ( -e ('/bin/mysqladmin')) {$mysqladminbin = '/bin/mysqladmin';}
 		else
 			{
-			if ($DB > 0) {print "Can't find mysqladmin binary, not going to gather database info.\n";}
+			if ( -e ('/usr/bin/mysqladmin')) {$mysqladminbin = '/usr/bin/mysqladmin';}
+			else
+				{
+				if ( -e ('/usr/local/bin/mysqladmin')) {$mysqladminbin = '/usr/local/bin/mysqladmin';}
+				else
+					{
+					if ($DB > 0) {print "Can't find mysqladmin binary, not going to gather database info.\n";}
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}