# Xtrabackup ignore coonfiguration options in my.cnf

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**Category:** Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.x\
**Created:** [June 25, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-ignore-coonfiguration-options-in-my-cnf/4276 "2015-06-25T05:16:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-ignore-coonfiguration-options-in-my-cnf/4276/1 "2015-06-25T05:16:06Z")

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There are three node cluster percona. In section "[xtrabackup] " in the file my.cnf option is specified “databases = db\_name” for the change is replicated only on one database. However, when you create a new database with a different name, it appears on other sites. Why option is ignored "“databases”.