HeatWave MySQL Migration Program

Confidently migrate to HeatWave MySQL using a proven end-to-end approach. Access free step-by-step guides outlining best practices and technical training resources, as well as expert guidance from Oracle engineers and Oracle partners.

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Migrate from MariaDB to HeatWave MySQL

MariaDB discontinued several products; get help to migrate to HeatWave MySQL.

Migrate to HeatWave MySQL with confidence in 4 easy steps

Migration overview, details below

  1. Plan

    1. 1 Inventory data using MySQL Shell
    2. 2 Assess databases to be migrated
    3. 3 Estimate storage, compute, and memory needs

  2. Prepare

    1. 4 Configure networking
    2. 5 Provision and configure HeatWave MySQL
    3. 6 Configure binary logs retention on source database (during a live migration)

  3. Execute

    1. 7 Export source database to HeatWave MySQL using MySQL Shell
    2. 8 Set up replication to capture binary logs changes and apply them to target (during a live migration)

  4. Validate

    1. 9 Verify import success
    2. 10 Load data into HeatWave cluster
    3. 11 Switch over to new database

Free step-by-step migration guides

HeatWave MySQL enables you to improve MySQL query performance by orders of magnitude, enhance data security, and get real-time analytics on your transactional data—without the complexity, latency, risks, and cost of extract, transform, and load (ETL) duplication to a separate analytics database. Download our complimentary migration kits below.

Migrate from your on-premises MySQL database to HeatWave MySQL on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or Amazon Web Services (AWS) by using our migration guides, planning resources, and expert help to guide you through each step of your journey.

Migrate from Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for MySQL to HeatWave MySQL on OCI or AWS by using our migration guides, planning resources, and expert help to guide you through each step of your journey.

Migrate from Amazon Aurora to HeatWave MySQL on OCI or AWS by using our migration guides, planning resources, and expert help to guide you through each step of your journey.

Migrate from MariaDB to HeatWave MySQL by using our migration resources and expert help to guide you through each step of your journey.

OCI Database Migration

You can also use OCI Database Migration to migrate to HeatWave MySQL. OCI Database Migration migrates MySQL databases from on-premises or cloud deployments to OCI. The easy-to-use graphical user experience validates and manages online or offline migration workflows.

Migrate with assistance from a MySQL partner

Migrating to HeatWave MySQL enables you to take advantage of a wider set of integrated HeatWave capabilities, such as HeatWave GenAI, at no additional cost.


“With HeatWave GenAI’s in-database LLMs and in-database vector store, Oracle offers a comprehensive all-in-one solution. This not only avoids the management and synchronizing issues prevalent with specialized vector databases, but also enables exciting new opportunities for developers and users alike... Altogether, HeatWave GenAI delivers a powerful series of AI innovations that organizations with large unstructured data stores should take a closer look at.”

Carl Olofson
Research Vice President,
Data Management Software, IDC

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  • How will I know if HeatWave MySQL is right for me?