Upgrading JIRA from 5.1 to 6.2

[Dambar]

Currently we have JIRA 5.1 installed on our prod and we are trying to upgrade JIRA to 6.2(latest) version on our prod env. One question I have is that mysql with 5.5.25a version will be ok for it or do I need to upgrade our db as well. Other is do I need to have any jdbc connector that needs to be placed on JIRA home directory on lib directory or not.

I am just trying to upgrade the version of JIRA but try to left db and other as it is So can some one clarify that to me.

[Boris Georgiev [Appfire]]

JIRA supports MySQL 5.x (excluding 5.0), so the version is okay.

• The MySQL driver is no longer bundled with JIRA, as of JIRA 5.2. Please see the JIRA 5.2 Upgrade Notes for reasons why we do not bundle this driver.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Supported+Platforms

See here regarding the requirements for the JDBC driver (what to copy where etc...)

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+5.2+Upgrade+Notes#JIRA5.2UpgradeNotes-MySQLdrivernolongerbundledwithJIRA

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Connecting+JIRA+to+MySQL