Monday, November 06, 2023

mysql:version_80 Service in Maintenance State in Oracle Solaris

I recently tried upgradeing MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0 on SPARC kernel zone (KZ) but it failed. Here is some information which may help people in the future. 

So, I run our webserver www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk in a Solaris Kernel Zone which using a small MySQL 5.7 database, so after the upgraded failed I moved it to a test system and here is the steps and output which came to the possible workarounds.