5.2.1 Commands for Operations on a Single Channel

To enable MySQL replication operations to act on individual replication channels, use the FOR CHANNEL channel clause with the following replication statements:

• CHANGE MASTER TO

• START SLAVE

• STOP SLAVE

• SHOW RELAYLOG EVENTS

• FLUSH RELAY LOGS

• SHOW SLAVE STATUS

• RESET SLAVE

Similarly, an additional channel parameter is introduced for the following functions:

• MASTER_POS_WAIT()

• WAIT_UNTIL_SQL_THREAD_AFTER_GTIDS()

The following statements are disallowed for the group_replication_recovery channel:

• START SLAVE

• STOP SLAVE

The following statements are disallowed for the group_replication_applier channel:

• START SLAVE

• STOP SLAVE

• SHOW SLAVE STATUS

• FLUSH RELAY LOGS