# binary log and position missing in xtrabackup\_slave\_info **URL:** \ **Category:** Percona XtraBackup\ **Created:** [December 2, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/binary-log-and-position-missing-in-xtrabackup-slave-info/2188 "2011-12-02T18:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ggeller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@ggeller](https://forums.percona.com/u/ggeller)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/binary-log-and-position-missing-in-xtrabackup-slave-info/2188/1 "2011-12-02T18:07:51Z")
Hello, I just started using xtrabackup today. I’m trying to use it to setup slaves for replication. I run the backup using --slave-info and the right files are created but the contents are as follows: xtrabackup\_binlog\_info: xtrabackup ping 2 xtrabackup\_slave\_info: CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER\_LOG\_FILE=‘’, MASTER\_LOG\_POS= xtrabackup\_binlog\_pos\_innodb: /usr/local/mysql/binlog/mysql-bin.000009 1561949 xtrabackup\_binlog\_pos\_innodb is correct. I have a custom location for the binary log. But the documentation says to only use it if you have innodb only setup, which I do. So my question is if it is only correct in the last file because I have innodb only. Or should it be showing correctly in all three files? Thanks, Gunner ---
**Author:** ![Wouter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wouter](https://forums.percona.com/u/Wouter)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/binary-log-and-position-missing-in-xtrabackup-slave-info/2188/2 "2015-09-10T05:19:14Z")
Probably because you are looking at the backup of a master instead of a slave, If you read the manual closely --slave-info is meant for backing up slaves. Just use the position in xtrabackup\_binlog\_info. [Timemachine answer because I would’ve like to know the answer myself earlier today 😉]