upgrade path from Jira 7.3.2

Question

Hi,

I urgently need to update/upgrade our 7.3.2 Jira installation.

Any recommendations regarding:

- which version to upgrade to ? (directly or in steps)

- method

If I install the most recent version on another server, I'm a bit unsure whether I can "put" my data from the old version into the new version?

thanks for any feedback.

Edit: I am going through all the upgrade docs, matrix, guides already, so I 'm not really looking for some simple url pasting, but more real-life experience / advice,

thanks,

IT Manager - MGX · Answer

thanks for your confirmation. Honestly, I 'm a bit hesitant whether this will work as I don't have much good experience with restoring from xml backup, but I really hope this will work !!   (we have a heavily customized jira setup)

I'll try this in the coming days.

Alexis Robert · Answer

Hello @Dimitri ,

yes this is exactly how you need to proceed: take a XML backup of your existing Jira instance, and restore it in your other server that is empty.

Let me know if this works,

--Alexis

Dimitri_skb1xq · Answer

Hi, Thanks for your reply.

I want to have the upgraded installation (+ data) on another server.

Can I install 7.13 on another server together with a new clean database, and then import somehow my data from the 7.3 installation into it ?.

That's something which is troubling me..