# init-file is not in backup (Galera Cluster)

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/init-file-is-not-in-backup-galera-cluster/4758>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [March 7, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/init-file-is-not-in-backup-galera-cluster/4758 "2016-03-07T09:00:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/init-file-is-not-in-backup-galera-cluster/4758/1 "2016-03-07T09:00:36Z")

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The init-file is not in the backup. I have built up a Galera Cluster from scratch (Ubuntu 14.04 with MariaDB 10.0). Therefore the joiner-node does not start until the init-file is created. So everything else is fine.

xtrabackup-v2 is used for SST:  
wsrep\_sst\_method=xtrabackup-v2  
streamfmt=xbstream  
transferfmt=socat

The init-file lies in the the datadir (of the donor):  
init-file = init-file.sql

Error:  
160307 15:20:18 [ERROR] mysqld: File ‘init-file.sql’ not found (Errcode: 2 “No such file or directory”)

Version:  
xtrabackup\_56 version 2.1.8 for MySQL server 5.6.15 Linux (x86\_64) (revision id: undefined)