Connecting with MySQL Shell To connect to the MySQL Server from your local MySQL client, run the following command from your shell session: mysql -uroot -p -h computeIP where  computeIP  is the IP address of your Compute Instance. Connecting with MySQL Shell To connect to the MySQL Server from your local MySQL Shell, run the following command to start your shell session: mysqlsh \connect root@ computeIP where  computeIP  is the IP address of your Compute Instance. For more information on MySQL Shell connections, see MySQL Shell Connections. To connect to the MySQL Server from MySQL Workbench, see Connections in MySQL Workbench. Connecting with Workbench 32.5 Maintenance Upgrading MySQL Backup and Restore This product is user-managed, meaning you are responsible for upgrades and maintenance. The existing installation is RPM-based, to upgrade the MySQL server, see Section 2.11.6, “Upgrading MySQL Binary or Package-based Installations on Unix/Linux” . You can use  scp  to copy the required RPM to the OCI Compute Instance, or copy it from OCI Object Storage, if you have configured access to it. File Storage is also an option. For more information, see File Storage and NFS. MySQL Enterprise Backup is the preferred backup and restore solution. For more information, see Backing Up to Cloud Storage. For information on MySQL Enterprise Backup, see Getting Started with MySQL Enterprise Backup. For information on the default MySQL backup and restore, see Chapter 7,  Backup and Recovery . 5230