When upgrading to a newer version of the Management Pack, we recommend the following tasks:

  • Delete existing MySQL dashboards
  • Delete existing views
  • Delete existing reports

Delete existing MySQL dashboards

If you do not remove the dashboards from a previous version of the Management Pack before installing the new version, you will see duplicate and/or deprecated MySQL dashboards in the Dashboard List drop-down menu after upgrading.

To remove existing Management Pack dashboards:

  1. Navigate to Content > Dashboards.
  2. Multi-select all MySQL dashboards.
  3. Click Delete Dashboard delete-icon.
  4. Click Yes when the confirmation dialog box appears to delete the selected dashboards.

Delete existing views

We also recommend removing existing views from the previous version of the Management Pack.

To remove existing Management Pack views:

  1. Navigate to Content > Views.
  2. Multi-select all MySQL views.
  3. Click Delete View delete-icon.
  4. Click Yes when the confirmation dialog box appears to delete the selected views.

Delete existing reports

We also recommend removing existing reports from the previous version of the Management Pack.

To remove existing Management Pack reports:

  1. Navigate to Content > Reports.
  2. Multi-select all MySQL reports.
  3. Click Delete template delete-icon.
  4. Click Yes when the confirmation dialog box appears to delete the selected reports.

What to do next

Installing the Management Pack (MySQL)