# Error starting query-history-all-5.1/ Unknown system variable 'log\_slow\_admin\_statements'

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**Category:** Percona Cloud Tools\
**Created:** [February 10, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-starting-query-history-all-5-1-unknown-system-variable-log-slow-admin-statements/3263 "2014-02-10T05:34:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Matt](https://forums.percona.com/u/Matt)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-starting-query-history-all-5-1-unknown-system-variable-log-slow-admin-statements/3263/1 "2014-02-10T05:34:52Z")

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I can’t seem to get any queries sent from my server. Here are error entries from my log: [TABLE=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_table wysiwyg\_table\_table-bordered wysiwyg\_table\_table-condensed wysiwyg\_table\_table-orange wysiwyg\_table\_ng-scope wysiwyg\_table\_ng-table”]  
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[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]2014-02-10 11:39:11[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]2014-02-10 11:52:53[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]Warning[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]2390[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”] [/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]Error starting query-history-all-5.1, check /var/lib/pt-agent/logs/start-stop.log and /var/lib/pt-agent/logs/query-history-all-5.1.run[/TD]  
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[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]2014-02-10 11:39:11[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]2014-02-10 11:52:50[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]Info[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]7000[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]start-query-history-all-5.1[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]Exit: 1[/TD]  
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[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]2014-02-10 11:39:11[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]2014-02-10 11:52:50[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]Error[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]7000[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]start-query-history-all-5.1[/TD]  
[TD=“class: wysiwyg\_table\_ng-binding”]Error executing SET GLOBAL log\_slow\_admin\_statements=OFF: DBD::mysql::db do failed: Unknown system variable ‘log\_slow\_admin\_statements’ at /usr/bin/pt-agent line 7340.[/TD]  
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Also neither /var/lib/pt-agent/logs/start-stop.log nor /var/lib/pt-agent/logs/query-history-all-5.1.run have any information on this error.

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**Author:** ![jrivera](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/jrivera/32/13_2.png) [@jrivera](https://forums.percona.com/u/jrivera)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-starting-query-history-all-5-1-unknown-system-variable-log-slow-admin-statements/3263/2 "2014-02-13T06:29:08Z")

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Are you still getting this issue? And if so can you show the result for pt-agent --status? Please make sure to remove your API key before posting here. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![esolomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@esolomon](https://forums.percona.com/u/esolomon)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-starting-query-history-all-5-1-unknown-system-variable-log-slow-admin-statements/3263/3 "2014-03-13T16:25:41Z")

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This seems to be particular to the 5.1 version. I have this error on 5.1.55, it is eliminated in 5.1.68. I can’t find in the release notes where log\_slow\_admin\_statements was introduced.