# Can you user XtraBackup to backup INNODB Cluster ?

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**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [June 18, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/can-you-user-xtrabackup-to-backup-innodb-cluster/7698 "2020-06-18T03:36:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![kenbor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5e925/32.png) [@kenbor](https://forums.percona.com/u/kenbor)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/can-you-user-xtrabackup-to-backup-innodb-cluster/7698/1 "2020-06-18T03:36:49Z")

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Hi Guys, I have setup an INNODB cluster (Mysql 8.17) and was testing Xtrabackup (8.12) as a backup solution for the cluster. When I launch a backup, with the below command, this completes with the following error:&nbsp;  
_xtrabackup: Error: Failed to find information for channel ‘group\_replication\_applier’ in SHOW SLAVE STATUS output._  
Is anyone using Xtrabackup in this manner, or perhaps Xtrabackup cannot be used to backup INNODB Clusters?  
**Backup Command:**  
xtrabackup --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --backup --encrypt=AES256 --encrypt-key-file=/mysql\_backups/encryption\_key --extra-lsndir=/mysql\_backups/2020-06-17 --compress --compress-threads=4 --login-path=mysql --stream=xbstream --parallel=4 --slave-info --use-memory=6G --no-version-check --target-dir=/mysql\_backups/2020-06-17&nbsp; &nbsp;

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**Author:** ![SujitR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@SujitR](https://forums.percona.com/u/SujitR)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/can-you-user-xtrabackup-to-backup-innodb-cluster/7698/2 "2020-09-08T02:42:00Z")

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Any solution for above issue?