can we restore jira data xml backup taken from a higher version lets say 7.13 on to 7.1.10 ?

Question

We are planning to migrate from 7.1.10 to 7.13, but in case if we wanted to get back to the previous version i.e 7.1.10, we will need the latest  data that is backed from 7.13. By the way, we are moving from Mysql (in 7.1.10) to PostgreSQL(7.13), will that cause any issues while importing data onto 7.1.10?

Venkata Guntuku · Answer

Hi Joseph,

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try them in the test instance before moving to production.

Venkata Guntuku · Answer

Hi Petr,

Thanks for the information.

Yeah I will try them in the test instance before migrating the Production.

Petr Vaníček · Answer

Hi,

probably it should work with downgrade to 7.1.10 because as I look into our 7.13 instance system info there is for jira.downgrade.minimum.version mentioned version 7.1.2. But still the best way for rollback is to use backups of DB and installation a home dir.

But I suggest to try everything in test environment before migration. Then you shouldn't have any reason for downgrade.