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Month: November 2013

  • SLES 11: Upgrading mysql from SP2 to SP3

    Under some condition, mysql is not able to restart after an upgrade from SLES11 SP2 to SLES11 SP3. The output messages are a bit misleading 131122 14:41:28 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled 131122 14:41:28 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins 131122 14:41:28 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.7 131122 14:41:28 InnoDB:…