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MySQL : Upgrade MySQL 5.6 to 5.7

This article gives an overview of the steps needed to perform an in-place upgrade of MySQL 5.6 to 5.7. There are a number of prerequisites and caveats associated with this process, so you really need to check the documentation before attempting an upgrade.

Do a clean shutdown of the mysqld service.

# mysql --user root --password --execute="set global innodb_fast_shutdown=0"
# service mysqld stop

Take a physical backup at this point. This will allow you to recovery should anything go wrong. Also, take a copy of your "/etc/my.cnf" file.

It's really important you get a good backup and practice your recovery scenario before trying this. If something goes wrong, you will probably have to reinstall MySQL 5.6 and recreate your database before trying again. You will need backups to do this!

Install the MySQL 5.7 repository and use YUM to update the binaries.

# rpm -Uvh /tmp/mysql57-community-release-el6-7.noarch.rpm
# yum update mysql-community-server -y

If the installation of the repository package fails with dependency errors, delete the existing software and install the new new version.

# yum remove mysql-community-server -y
# rpm -Uvh /tmp/mysql57-community-release-el6-7.noarch.rpm
# yum install mysql-community-server -y

This brings all the dependent packages with it, so at least the following will be updated.

Start the mysqld service.

# service mysqld start

Upgrade database by running the mysql_upgrade command. Before you do this, you might want to redirect the output to a script so you can check for errors.

# script /tmp/upgrade.txt
# mysql_upgrade --password
Enter password:
Checking if update is needed.
Checking server version.
Running queries to upgrade MySQL server.
Checking system database.
mysql.columns_priv                                 OK
mysql.db                                           OK
mysql.engine_cost                                  OK
mysql.event                                        OK
mysql.func                                         OK
mysql.general_log                                  OK
mysql.gtid_executed                                OK
mysql.help_category                                OK
mysql.help_keyword                                 OK
mysql.help_relation                                OK
mysql.help_topic                                   OK
mysql.innodb_index_stats                           OK
mysql.innodb_table_stats                           OK
mysql.ndb_binlog_index                             OK
mysql.plugin                                       OK
mysql.proc                                         OK
mysql.procs_priv                                   OK
mysql.proxies_priv                                 OK
mysql.server_cost                                  OK
mysql.servers                                      OK
mysql.slave_master_info                            OK
mysql.slave_relay_log_info                         OK
mysql.slave_worker_info                            OK
mysql.slow_log                                     OK
mysql.tables_priv                                  OK
mysql.time_zone                                    OK
mysql.time_zone_leap_second                        OK
mysql.time_zone_name                               OK
mysql.time_zone_transition                         OK
mysql.time_zone_transition_type                    OK
mysql.user                                         OK
Upgrading the sys schema.
Checking databases.
mydatabase1.mytable_1                              OK
...
mydatabase1.mytable_x                              OK
sys.sys_config                                     OK
mydatabase2.mytable_1                              OK
...
mydatabase2.mytable_x                              OK
Upgrade process completed successfully.
Checking if update is needed.
#
# # end script command using exit.
# exit
#

Check the "/tmp/upgrade.txt" file for errors. If everything is OK, the upgrade is now complete. It would make sense to take another backup at this point.

For more information see:

Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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