Error creating master info: Multiple replication metadata repository instances found with data in them.

(Doc ID 2128199.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 01, 2017

Applies to:

MySQL Server - Version 5.6 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 

This currently applies to single-channel replication.  Solution has not been tested on Multi-channel replication in 5.7

 CHANGE MASTER or RESET SLAVE commands fail with error:

 

Changes

 This is while trying to setup a new slave,  usually using a mysqldump of another server.

Cause

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