I have two VPS's running right now. One, which I will refer to as the "old" server, runs on **Debian 7** and gives this output for `mysql --version`:

`mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.44, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 6.2`

The other, which I will refer to as the "new" server, is running on a brand new installation of **Debian 8**, and gives this output:

`mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.0.20-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2`

I am trying to move my databases & tables from the old server to the new server. I thought that I could do this by simply copying the `/var/lib/mysql/` directory from the old server and overwriting the same directory on the new server. However after doing this, I now receive this error in phpMyAdmin on the new server when I click on any of the tables or databases: 

`#1932 - Table 'phpmyadmin.pma__tracking' doesn't exist in engine` 

However I can clearly see that it exists:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I9t8w.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I9t8w.png)

Is there a solution to this? I'm not sure what I did wrong. Thanks!