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migrate metadata entries to a new release

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 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