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Updated on 2022-08-16 GMT+08:00
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Upgrading a Major Version

Major versions cannot be upgraded on the management console. You can use Data Replication Service (DRS) to migrate databases from RDS for MySQL 5.6 to RDS for MySQL 5.7 smoothly. Before the migration, create a DB instance of the target version.

On the Instance Management page, click the instance you want to migrate. On the displayed Basic Information page, click Migrate Database in the upper right corner.

Table 1 MySQL database version information

Source Database Version

Destination Database Version

Migration Type

RDS for MySQL/Self-built 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

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

Parent topic: Instance Modifications