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Upgrading an RDS for MySQL Instance from 5.7 to 8.0

Upgrading a Major Version Using DRS

You can migrate data from an RDS for MySQL 5.6 instance to an RDS for MySQL 5.7 instance using Data Replication Service (DRS). Before the migration, create a DB instance of the target version.

For more information, see Creating a Migration Task in the Data Replication Service User Guide.

Table 1 MySQL database version information

Source Database Version

Destination Database Version

Migration Type

RDS for MySQL/Self-managed MySQL/MySQL in other clouds

  • 5.5.x
  • 5.6.x
  • 5.7.x
  • 8.0.x

RDS for MySQL

  • 5.6.x
  • 5.7.x
  • 8.0.x

Version upgrade

Note

DRS supports migration only from an earlier version to a later version.