Running Jira5 on old license to evaluate upgrade.

[Andreas Andreas]

Hi.

We have a Jira4 license and wish to upgrade to v5, but first I want to make sure that it is possible to upgrade and keep our database, settings and plugins intact.

Do I need to ask for an evaluation license while testing with v5 while v4 is running in production?

Or can I run on the old v4 license during the test?

Thanks.

[Thomas Schlegel]

Hi Andreas,

if you setup a new test system, you need a new developer or evaluation license for v4. You can generate the license by yourself in you attlassian account.

Best regards

Thomas

[Ramiro Pointis]

In my case I've created a new instance with the Jira5 connected to a new database (you can connect to the same as v4).

And I'm using the same license of the v4 in the v5 while I do the try-outs and the testing, especially in cases that you have do test the plugins for the v5. No problems for now.

[Ramiro Pointis]

Note that this is for tests only and just for a while. When you finalize doing the tests you can do a complete export and import using the xml export tool in the jira (only in case your v5 is connected to other database).