# Migrating from MySQL 5.6 to Percona 5.7

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**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 5.7\
**Created:** [October 19, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/migrating-from-mysql-5-6-to-percona-5-7/6643 "2018-10-19T10:03:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/migrating-from-mysql-5-6-to-percona-5-7/6643/1 "2018-10-19T10:03:51Z")

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We are planning on migrating from MySQL 5.6 Master and Slave on VM to physical servers at a new data center to Percona 5.7

I’m thinking about installing Percona 5.7 and set it as a new slave. Is it a straightforward process? what should I consider?