mysql_upgrade(1) — Linux manual page

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NAME         top

       mariadb-upgrade - check tables for MariaDB upgrade (mysql_upgrade
       is now a symlink to mariadb-upgrade)

SYNOPSIS         top


       mysql_upgrade [options]

DESCRIPTION         top

       mysql_upgrade examines all tables in all databases for
       incompatibilities with the current version of the MariaDB Server.
       mysql_upgrade also upgrades the system tables so that you can
       take advantage of new privileges or capabilities that might have
       been added.

       mysql_upgrade should be executed each time you upgrade MariaDB.

       If a table is found to have a possible incompatibility,
       mysql_upgrade performs a table check. If any problems are found,
       a table repair is attempted.

           Note

           On Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, you must run
           mysql_upgrade with administrator privileges. You can do this
           by running a Command Prompt as Administrator and running the
           command. Failure to do so may result in the upgrade failing
           to execute correctly.

           Caution

           You should always back up your current MariaDB installation
           before performing an upgrade.

       To use mysql_upgrade, make sure that the server is running, and
       then invoke it like this:

           shell> mysql_upgrade [options]

       After running mysql_upgrade, stop the server and restart it so
       that any changes made to the system tables take effect.

       mysql_upgrade executes the following commands to check and repair
       tables and to upgrade the system tables:

           mysqlcheck --all-databases --check-upgrade --auto-repair
           mysql < fix_priv_tables
           mysqlcheck --all-databases --check-upgrade --fix-db-names --fix-table-names

       Notes about the preceding commands:

       •   Because mysql_upgrade invokes mysqlcheck with the
           --all-databases option, it processes all tables in all
           databases, which might take a long time to complete. Each
           table is locked and therefore unavailable to other sessions
           while it is being processed. Check and repair operations can
           be time-consuming, particularly for large tables.

       •   For details about what checks the --check-upgrade option
           entails, see the description of the FOR UPGRADE option of the
           CHECK TABLE statement.

       •   fix_priv_tables represents a script generated internally by
           mysql_upgrade that contains SQL statements to upgrade the
           tables in the mysql database.

       All checked and repaired tables are marked with the current
       MariaDB version number. This ensures that next time you run
       mysql_upgrade with the same version of the server, it can tell
       whether there is any need to check or repair the table again.

       mysql_upgrade also saves the MariaDB version number in a file
       named mysql_upgrade_info in the data directory. This is used to
       quickly check whether all tables have been checked for this
       release so that table-checking can be skipped. To ignore this
       file and perform the check regardless, use the --force option.

       For this reason, mysql_upgrade needs to be run as a user with
       write access to the data directory.

       If you install MariaDB from RPM packages on Linux, you must
       install the server and client RPMs.  mysql_upgrade is included in
       the server RPM but requires the client RPM because the latter
       includes mysqlcheck.

       mysql_upgrade supports the following options, which can be
       specified on the command line or in the [mysql_upgrade] and
       [client] option file groups. Other options are passed to
       mysqlcheck. For example, it might be necessary to specify the
       --password[=password] option.  mysql_upgrade also supports the
       options for processing option files.

       •   --help, -?

           Display a short help message and exit.

       •   --basedir=path

           Old option accepted for backward compatibility but ignored.

       •   --character-sets-dir=path

           Old option accepted for backward compatibility but ignored.

       •   --check-if-upgrade-is-needed

           Exit with a status code indicating if an upgrade is needed.
           Returns 0 if upgrade needed or current version couldn't be
           determined, 1 when no action required.

       •   --datadir=path

           Old option accepted for backward compatibility but ignored.

       •   --debug=path, -# path

           For debug builds, output debug log.

       •   --debug-check

           Print some debugging information when the program exits.

       •   --debug-info, -T

           Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage
           statistics when the program exits.

       •   --default-character-set=name

           Old option accepted for backward compatibility but ignored.

       •   --force

           Ignore the mysql_upgrade_info file and force execution of
           mysqlcheck even if mysql_upgrade has already been executed
           for the current version of MariaDB.

       •   --host

           Connect to MariaDB on the given host.

       •   --password[=password], -p[password]

           The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use
           the short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between
           the option and the password. If you omit the password value
           following the --password or -p option on the command line,
           mysql_upgrade prompts for one.

           Specifying a password on the command line should be
           considered insecure. You can use an option file to avoid
           giving the password on the command line.

       •   --port=port_num, -P port_num

           The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

       •   --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

           The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server.
           It is useful when the other connection parameters normally
           would cause a protocol to be used other than the one you
           want.

       •   --silent

           Print less information.

       •   --socket=path, -S path

           For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use,
           or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

       •   --ssl

           Enable SSL for connection (automatically enabled with other
           flags). Disable with --skip-ssl.

       •   --ssl-ca=name

           CA file in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).

       •   --ssl-capath=name

           CA directory (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).

       •   --ssl-cert=name

           X509 cert in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).

       •   --ssl-cipher=name

           SSL cipher to use (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).

       •   --ssl-key=name

           X509 key in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).

       •   --ssl-crl=name

           Certificate revocation list (check OpenSSL docs, implies
           --ssl).

       •   --ssl-crlpath=name

           Certificate revocation list path (check OpenSSL docs, implies
           --ssl).

       •   --ssl-verify-server-cert

           Verify server's "Common Name" in its cert against hostname
           used when connecting. This option is disabled by default.

       •   --tmpdir=path, -t path

           The path name of the directory to use for creating temporary
           files.

       •   --upgrade-system-tables, -s

           Only upgrade the system tables in the mysql database. Tables
           in other databases are not checked or touched.

       •   --user=user_name, -u user_name

           The MariaDB user name to use when connecting to the server
           and not using the current login.

       •   --verbose

           Display more output about the process. Using it twice will
           print connection arguments; using it 3 times will print out
           all CHECK, RENAME and ALTER TABLE commands used during the
           check phase; using it 4 times (added in MariaDB 10.0.14) will
           also write out all mariadb-check commands used; using it 5
           times will print all the mariadb commands used and their
           results while running mysql_fix_privilege_tables script.

       •   --version, -V

           Output version information and exit.

       •   --version-check, -k

           Run this program only if its 'server version' matches the
           version of the server to which it's connecting. Note: the
           'server version' of the program is the version of the MariaDB
           server with which it was built/distributed. Defaults to on;
           use --skip-version-check to disable.

       •   --write-binlog

           Cause binary logging to be enabled while mysql_upgrade runs.

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
       2010-2020 MariaDB Foundation

       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it
       and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public
       License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
       of the License.

       This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be
       useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
       warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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       Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
       02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

SEE ALSO         top

       For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base,
       available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/

AUTHOR         top

       MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).

COLOPHON         top

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