# Create Slave 5.7 from Master 5.6 with Xtrabackup

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**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 5.7\
**Created:** [June 28, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/create-slave-5-7-from-master-5-6-with-xtrabackup/11064 "2021-06-28T08:44:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![GeertM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@GeertM](https://forums.percona.com/u/GeertM)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/create-slave-5-7-from-master-5-6-with-xtrabackup/11064/1 "2021-06-28T08:44:05Z")

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Hello,

I have to create a slave in version Percona 5.7 from a Master Percona 5.6  
Is this possible?

Geert

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**Author:** ![vadimtk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/vadimtk/32/9528_2.png) [@vadimtk](https://forums.percona.com/u/vadimtk)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/create-slave-5-7-from-master-5-6-with-xtrabackup/11064/2 "2021-07-02T13:13:40Z")

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I do not see any problem with this.