The information on this page refers to License Statistics v5.15 or newer. |
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Note: We recommend that you make a backup of your database before performing any operations in order to avoid data loss or corruption. |
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If you are using an embedded MySQL database, you can perform a regular License Statistics upgrade . The License Statistics installer contains all that is needed to upgrade the embedded database. You can also make a backup of the MySQL 5.5 database and restore it to the new database in MySQL 5.7.procedure, in short:
- Stop the old version (older than v5.15) of License Statistics.
- Create a backup of the MySQL 5.5 database.
- Remove the old version of License Statistics.
- Install the new version of License Statistics (v5.15 or above) with an embedded database.
- Restore the MySQL 5.5 database backup to the new MySQL 5.7 database.
- Start License Statistics.
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If you are using an external database (recommended), you need to perform a new License Statistics upgrade procedure. The fundamental difference with upgrading an external database is the requirement to update or create a new MySQL version 5.7.x database, which you can do using one of the following two methods.
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