# xtrabackup fails because logfile size

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**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-fails-because-logfile-size/6516 "2018-08-16T13:33:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-fails-because-logfile-size/6516/1 "2018-08-16T13:33:11Z")

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I created a Management server (man1) and I am trying to backup a server (MySQL1) executing xtrabackup from man1. But I keep getting the following error:  
180816 18:53:58 version\_check Connected to MySQL server  
180816 18:53:58 version\_check Executing a version check against the server…  
180816 18:53:58 version\_check Done.  
180816 18:53:58 Connecting to MySQL server host: [zipdata704a.orl.voxeo.net](http://zipdata704a.orl.voxeo.net), user: super, password: set, port: 0, socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock  
Using server version 5.6.39-log  
xtrabackup version 2.3.6 based on MySQL server 5.6.24 Linux (x86\_64) (revision id: )  
xtrabackup: uses posix\_fadvise().  
xtrabackup: cd to /var/lib/mysql  
xtrabackup: open files limit requested 0, set to 32768  
xtrabackup: using the following InnoDB configuration:  
xtrabackup: innodb\_data\_home\_dir = /var/lib/mysql  
xtrabackup: innodb\_data\_file\_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend  
xtrabackup: innodb\_log\_group\_home\_dir = /var/lib/mysql  
xtrabackup: innodb\_log\_files\_in\_group = 2  
xtrabackup: innodb\_log\_file\_size = 5368709120  
InnoDB: Error: log file /var/lib/mysql/ib\_logfile0 is of different size 50331648 bytes  
InnoDB: than specified in the .cnf file 5368709120 bytes!

What can I do?