How do I use migration wizard

[gordiemackenzie]

I am not clear on how to use the BitBucket migration wizard. Do I run the wizard from the old server and point to the new database? Or from the new installation pointing to the old database?

[Christian Glockner]

Hi Gordie,

Just to expand on Victor's response - the migration wizard is used to migrate the database only - if you want to migrate Bitbucket Server to another machine, you'd use the instructions in https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/migrating-bitbucket-server-to-another-server-776640406.html

Cheers,

Christian

Premier Support Engineer

Atlassian

[VICTOR-OSEGHALE]

Hi Gordie,

Thanks for reaching out here.

You can use the database migration wizard by pointing from current running Bitbucket Server database to a clean new database.

Let me know if you need further clarity for this.

Kind Regards,
Victor

[gordiemackenzie]

And just to further clarify. I run the wizard on the current (production) server and it will not modify or destroy any data on the current server, correct?

[Christian Glockner]

Hi Gordie,

That's correct, the wizard copies the data to the target database and then reconfigured the Bitbucket instance to use that target database instead. The source database remains untouched.

Cheers,

Christian

Premier Support Engineer

Atlassian

[gordiemackenzie]

Glad I asked. Actually don't want to point to a new database. I just want to copy the database to another database. When we first set up bitbucket, we went right to production. We don't have a lower environment and I am trying to set up a test environment using the same data that is currently in production. Perhaps I should just take a copy of the database instead?

[Christian Glockner]

Hi Gordie,

If you don't want Bitbucket to actually use the new database, then indeed taking a full backup of the database and restoring that database is the better course of action.

Cheers,

Christian

Premier Support Engineer

Atlassian