# 30 indexes ... error: cannot export over 31 indexes

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**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [September 22, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/30-indexes-error-cannot-export-over-31-indexes/3759 "2014-09-22T06:08:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/30-indexes-error-cannot-export-over-31-indexes/3759/1 "2014-09-22T06:08:32Z")

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So I’m trying to use xtrabackup to create an export of one table. This table is reasonably sized and has 30 indexes.

When I go to prepare for export, I get the error that \> 31 indexes is not supported. I only have 30, am I missing something?

140922 12:08:42 Percona XtraDB ([http://www.percona.com](http://www.percona.com)) 5.1.73-14.6 started; log sequence number 1102864377356  
xtrabackup: export option is specified.  
xtrabackup: export metadata of table ‘va\_tom/call\_history’ to file `./va_tom/call_history.exp` (30 indexes)  
xtrabackup: name=PRIMARY, id.low=2417, page=3  
… (another 29 indexes)  
xtrabackup: error: sorry, cannot export over 31 indexes for now.