upgrade /migration

[sandor mikus]

Hi!

Im trying to migrate a jira  v. 7.5 - 7.12 ftom one server to another.

based on this documentation:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver070/migrating-jira-applications-to-another-server-749382719.html

the question is that i upgrade first the old one to 7.12 or can cause problems to migrate by the different version?

Thanks in advance: Sandor

[Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_]

Sander,

you can upgrade directly to JIRA 7.12.0 from 7.5 without the need for interim versions.

[sandor mikus]

Thanks for the quick response!

The question is that do i have tu upgrade the old one before the migration, or is can do the migration between different versions?

Thanks in advance!

[Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_]

Sandor,

you don't need to first install 7.12 on your new server. I will give you a simplified example of migrating from Windows to Linux with an Oracle DB:

1. Install JIRA 7.12.0 on Linux.
2. Stop JIRA 7.5 on Windows.
3. Use Oracle Data Pump to export your current schema used for JIRA 7.5.
4. Use Oracle Data Pump to import into a new schema (this will allow you to fall back to the original environment on Windows in case something goes bad).
5. Copy the $JIRA_HOME/data to the new Linux server's $JIRA_HOME/data.
6. Configure the new database settings using the JIRA Configuration Tool by running the script in $JIRA_INSTALL/bin/config.sh.
7. Start up your JIRA 7.12.0 and this should initiate the upgrade process onto your new database.

Good luck!