# service mysql stop is being ignored.  How to fix?

**URL:** https://forums.percona.com/t/service-mysql-stop-is-being-ignored-how-to-fix/6953
**Category:** Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.x
**Created:** [April 8, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/service-mysql-stop-is-being-ignored-how-to-fix/6953 "2019-04-08T10:03:32Z")
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#### Post date: [April 15, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/service-mysql-stop-is-being-ignored-how-to-fix/6953/2 "2019-04-15T15:22:43Z")

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Try

```auto
mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown

```

I have a similar problem on a cluster of three nodes.

Do you have a new cluster installation with an empty database or was the database imported from another server?

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