The code for notes.txt is: MySQL service startup on windows. "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysqld.exe" --defaults-file="C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\my.ini" MySQL root privileges: GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, RELOAD, SHUTDOWN, PROCESS, FILE, REFERENCES, INDEX, ALTER, SHOW DATABASES, SUPER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES, EXECUTE, REPLICATION SLAVE, REPLICATION CLIENT, CREATE VIEW, SHOW VIEW, CREATE ROUTINE, ALTER ROUTINE, CREATE USER, EVENT, TRIGGER, CREATE TABLESPACE, CREATE ROLE, DROP ROLE ON *.* TO `root`@`localhost` WITH GRANT OPTION GRANT APPLICATION_PASSWORD_ADMIN, AUDIT_ABORT_EXEMPT, AUDIT_ADMIN, AUTHENTICATION_POLICY_ADMIN, BACKUP_ADMIN, BINLOG_ADMIN, BINLOG_ENCRYPTION_ADMIN, CLONE_ADMIN, CONNECTION_ADMIN, ENCRYPTION_KEY_ADMIN, FIREWALL_EXEMPT, FLUSH_OPTIMIZER_COSTS, FLUSH_STATUS, FLUSH_TABLES, FLUSH_USER_RESOURCES, GROUP_REPLICATION_ADMIN, INNODB_REDO_LOG_ARCHIVE, INNODB_REDO_LOG_ENABLE, PASSWORDLESS_USER_ADMIN, PERSIST_RO_VARIABLES_ADMIN, REPLICATION_APPLIER, REPLICATION_SLAVE_ADMIN, RESOURCE_GROUP_ADMIN, RESOURCE_GROUP_USER, ROLE_ADMIN, SENSITIVE_VARIABLES_OBSERVER, SERVICE_CONNECTION_ADMIN, SESSION_VARIABLES_ADMIN, SET_USER_ID, SHOW_ROUTINE, SYSTEM_USER, SYSTEM_VARIABLES_ADMIN, TABLE_ENCRYPTION_ADMIN, TELEMETRY_LOG_ADMIN, XA_RECOVER_ADMIN ON *.* TO `root`@`localhost` WITH GRANT OPTION GRANT PROXY ON ``@`` TO `root`@`localhost` WITH GRANT OPTION This was broken on restore to MySQL 8.2 server. There was both a view and a table named bigsalesorder in the backup. I just removed the code from the restore file. 15:38:13 Error loading schema content Error Code: 1356 View 'classicmodels.bigsalesorder' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s) or definer/invoker of view lack rights to use them