Verified with PXC 5.6.22. [root@percona1 ~]# tail -f /data/myisam/percona1_error.log 2015-05-12 12:00:25 15798 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '5.6.22-72.0-56' socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Percona XtraDB Cluster (GPL), Release rel72.0, Revision 978, WSREP version 25.8, wsrep_25.8.r4150 2015-05-12 12:00:25 15798 [Note] WSREP: Receiving IST: 78 writesets, seqnos 299786-299864 2015-05-12 12:00:38 15798 [Note] WSREP: IST received: fadf885a-490b-11e4-9e13-27f574d828b6:299864 2015-05-12 12:00:38 15798 [Note] WSREP: 2.0 (percona1): State transfer from 0.0 (percona2) complete. 2015-05-12 12:00:38 15798 [Note] WSREP: Shifting JOINER -> JOINED (TO: 299864) 2015-05-12 12:00:38 15798 [Note] WSREP: Member 2.0 (percona1) synced with group. 2015-05-12 12:00:38 15798 [Note] WSREP: Shifting JOINED -> SYNCED (TO: 299864) 2015-05-12 12:00:38 15798 [Note] WSREP: Synchronized with group, ready for connections 2015-05-12 12:00:38 15798 [Note] WSREP: wsrep_notify_cmd is not defined, skipping notification. ^C [root@percona1 ~]# ps -ef|egrep "mysql|xbs|socat" root 15243 1 0 11:59 pts/0 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/data/myisam --pid-file=/data/myisam/percona1.pid mysql 15798 15243 58 11:59 pts/0 00:00:41 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/data/myisam --plugin-dir=/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin --user=mysql --wsrep-provider=/usr/lib64/libgalera_smm.so --log-error=/data/myisam/percona1_error.log --open-files-limit=65535 --pid-file=/data/myisam/percona1.pid --wsrep_start_position=fadf885a-490b-11e4-9e13-27f574d828b6:299786 mysql 16048 1 0 12:00 ? 00:00:00 socat -u TCP-LISTEN:4444,reuseaddr stdio mysql 16049 1 0 12:00 ? 00:00:00 xbstream -x Also with STOP/START IST [root@percona3 ~]# ps -ef|egrep "mysql|xbs|socat" root 3489 1 0 11:11 pts/0 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/data/myisam --pid-file=/data/myisam/percona3.pid mysql 4104 3489 0 11:11 pts/0 00:01:25 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/data/myisam --plugin-dir=/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin --user=mysql --wsrep-provider=/usr/lib64/libgalera_smm.so --log-error=/data/myisam/percona3_error.log --open-files-limit=65535 --pid-file=/data/myisam/percona3.pid --wsrep_start_position=fadf885a-490b-11e4-9e13-27f574d828b6:299786 root 15343 3258 0 13:37 pts/0 00:00:00 egrep mysql|xbs|socat [root@percona3 ~]# service mysql stop Shutting down MySQL (Percona XtraDB Cluster)..... SUCCESS! [root@percona3 ~]# service mysql start Starting MySQL (Percona XtraDB Cluster)..........State transfer in progress, setting sleep higher . SUCCESS! [root@percona3 ~]# ps -ef|egrep "mysql|xbs|socat" root 15396 1 0 13:40 pts/0 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/data/myisam --pid-file=/data/myisam/percona3.pid mysql 15949 15396 24 13:40 pts/0 00:00:18 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/data/myisam --plugin-dir=/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin --user=mysql --wsrep-provider=/usr/lib64/libgalera_smm.so --log-error=/data/myisam/percona3_error.log --open-files-limit=65535 --pid-file=/data/myisam/percona3.pid --wsrep_start_position=fadf885a-490b-11e4-9e13-27f574d828b6:299864 mysql 16225 1 0 13:40 ? 00:00:00 socat -u TCP-LISTEN:4444,reuseaddr stdio mysql 16226 1 0 13:40 ? 00:00:00 xbstream -x root 16272 3258 0 13:41 pts/0 00:00:00 egrep mysql|xbs|socat