Hi @lat9
I am trying to set up a test DB in ZC 2.1.0, and import the old 1.5.6c DB into that.
However, if I try to use a DB with ZC 2.1.0, I have to set up admin & storefront configure.php first.

I am confused now, since it appears that utf8mb4 is a requirement in the configure.php:
Code:
define('DB_CHARSET', '%%_DB_CHARSET_%%'); // 'utf8mb4' required. If using older 'utf8' or 'latin1', convert your database to utf8mb4. See conversion util in docs site.
So it appears I would need to convert the database first, other charsets are no longer supported in 2.1.0?

If so, then I suppose I will need to revert to the other plan option, of converting to utf8mb4 on 1.5.6c, and then converting again later in 2.1.0, only for the the collation update?