The following issues must not be present:

To check for these issues, execute this command:

mysqlcheck -u root -p --all-databases --check-upgrade

If mysqlcheck reports any errors, correct the issues.

There must be no partitioned tables that use a storage engine that does not have native partitioning support. To identify such tables, execute this query:

SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE ENGINE NOT IN ('innodb', 'ndbcluster')
AND CREATE_OPTIONS LIKE '%partitioned%';

Any table reported by the query must be altered to use InnoDB or be made nonpartitioned. To change a table storage engine to InnoDB, execute this statement:

ALTER TABLE table_name ENGINE = INNODB;

For information about converting MyISAM tables to InnoDB, see Section 15.6.1.3, “Converting Tables from MyISAM to InnoDB”.

To make a partitioned table nonpartitioned, execute this statement:

ALTER TABLE table_name REMOVE PARTITIONING;

Some keywords may be reserved in MySQL 8.0 that were not reserved previously. See Section 9.3, “Keywords and Reserved Words”. This can cause words previously used as identifiers to become illegal. To fix affected statements, use identifier quoting. See Section 9.2, “Schema Object Names”.

There must be no tables in the MySQL 5.7 mysql system database that have the same name as a table used by the MySQL 8.0 data dictionary. To identify tables with those names, execute this query:

SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE LOWER(TABLE_SCHEMA) = 'mysql'
and LOWER(TABLE_NAME) IN
(
'catalogs',
'character_sets',
'check_constraints',
'collations',
'column_statistics',
'column_type_elements',
'columns',
'dd_properties',
'events',
'foreign_key_column_usage',
'foreign_keys',
'index_column_usage',
'index_partitions',
'index_stats',
'indexes',
'parameter_type_elements',
'parameters',
'resource_groups',
'routines',
'schemata',
'st_spatial_reference_systems',
'table_partition_values',
'table_partitions',
'table_stats',
'tables',
'tablespace_files',
'tablespaces',
'triggers',
'view_routine_usage',
'view_table_usage'
);

Any tables reported by the query must be renamed (use RENAME TABLE). This may also entail changes to applications that use the affected tables.

There must be no tables that have foreign key constraint names longer than 64 characters. To identify tables with too-long constraint names, execute this query:

SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_NAME IN
  (SELECT LEFT(SUBSTR(ID,INSTR(ID,'/')+1),
               INSTR(SUBSTR(ID,INSTR(ID,'/')+1),'_ibfk_')-1)
   FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN
   WHERE LENGTH(SUBSTR(ID,INSTR(ID,'/')+1))>64);

Any tables reported by the query must be altered to have constraint names no longer than 64 characters (use ALTER TABLE).

The must be no obsolete SQL modes defined in your sql_mode system variable setting. Attempting to use an obsolete SQL mode will cause a startup failure on MySQL 8.0. Applications that use obsolete SQL modes should also be revised to avoid them. For information about SQL modes removed in MySQL 8.0, see Server Changes.

There must be no tables or stored procedures with individual ENUM or SET column elements that exceed 255 characters or 1020 bytes in length. Prior to MySQL 8.0, the maximum combined length of ENUM or SET column elements was 64K. In MySQL 8.0, the maximum character length of an individual ENUM or SET column element is 255 characters, and the maximum byte length is 1020 bytes. (The 1020 byte limit supports multitibyte character sets). Before upgrading to MySQL 8.0, modify any ENUM or SET column elements that exceed the new limits. Failing to do so causes the upgrade to fail with an error.

Before upgrading to MySQL 8.0.13 or higher, there must be no table partitions that reside in shared InnoDB tablespaces, which include the system tablespace and general tablespaces. Identify table partitions in shared tablespaces by querying INFORMATION_SCHEMA:

SELECT DISTINCT NAME, SPACE, SPACE_TYPE FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_TABLES 
  WHERE NAME LIKE '%#P#%' AND SPACE_TYPE NOT LIKE 'Single';

Move table partitions from shared tablespaces to file-per-table tablespaces using ALTER TABLE ... REORGANIZE PARTITION:

ALTER TABLE table_name REORGANIZE PARTITION partition_name 
  INTO (partition_definition TABLESPACE=innodb_file_per_table);

There must be no queries and stored program definitions from MySQL 8.0.12 or lower that use ASC or DESC qualifiers for GROUP BY clauses. Otherwise, upgrading to MySQL 8.0.13 or higher may fail, as may replicating to MySQL 8.0.13 or higher slave servers. For additional details, see SQL Changes.

Your MySQL 5.7 installation must not use features that are not supported by MySQL 8.0. Any changes here are necessarily installation specific, but the following example illustrates the kind of thing to look for:

Some server startup options and system variables have been removed in MySQL 8.0. See Features Removed in MySQL 8.0, and Section 1.5, “Server and Status Variables and Options Added, Deprecated, or Removed in MySQL 8.0”. If you use any of these, an upgrade requires configuration changes.

Example: Because the data dictionary provides information about database objects, the server no longer checks directory names in the data directory to find databases. Consequently, the --ignore-db-dir option is extraneous and has been removed. To handle this, remove any instances of --ignore-db-dir from your startup configuration. In addition, remove or move the named data directory subdirectories before upgrading to MySQL 8.0. (Alternatively, let the 8.0 server add those directories to the data dictionary as databases, then remove each of those databases using DROP DATABASE.)