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[Elena Stepanova <elenst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 4/27/2013 10:54 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My current (8 yr old bare metal) server is currently running mysql
> 5.1.62, with just a couple of very small databases:
>
> postfixadmin
> and
> roundcube
>
> I am setting up a shiny new virtualized (ESXi host) server, that now has
> MariaDB 5.5.30 on it...
>
> My question is, can I do a dump from my old server running mysql 5.1.62,
> then restore that dump to my new server running MariaDB 5.5.30, run
> mysql_upgrade, and have any kind of reasonable expectation of it working?

Yes, it would be a very reasonable expectation. It's supposed to work.

Regards,
Elena

> I'd rather not update the current (production) server to MariaDB (I'm
> gunshy when it comes to major changes on a production system).
>
> If not, then my other option would be to downgrade MariaDB on  the new
> server to 5.1.66... but again, I'd rather not do that if it isn't
> necessary.
>
> Thanks - I'm really looking forward to saying goodbye to mysql (for
> political reasons, the software itself has served me well these 8 years,
> it's just too bad that they got bought by Oracle)...
>
> Charles
>
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