===== migrate metadata entries to a new release ===== At the same time on a machine there must not be a second server that is using the same port number. So if you want to use the same port number for old NMDDB and new NMDDB you must temporarily switch the port of one of this services during data migration To migrate metadata it's recommended to have two MySQL services running on the same machine. If there are no firewall restriction you can run services also on different machines. service #1 - is the service where the new meta-database is installed - it has to run in federated mode. service #2 - is the service where the old meta-database is installed - it may also run in federated mode. use database niota_mdv20 as your working/migration database. * stop MySQL service where your metadata are located if it's not running with "--federated" option * start MySQL service with "--federated" option * open a MySQL client and connect as "root" to the MySQL server of the new (target) release * open script to create a database to read data from the old (source) release * check if database was created successfully * open script to create federated server * run script to create federated server * open script to create federated tables to read data from the source release * run script to create federated tables * check if tables are created and data can be retrieved for every table * open script to run migration procedure * run migration procedure for every group of metadata tables *