Jira database backup from 5.2 to 6.2?

Question

Hi All,

we have Development,production JIRA version 5.2

we have plane to migrate Dev JIRA to 6.2 version.After migrating 6.2 version.we would take production 5.2 database backup to Dev JIRA 6.2.

In both versions plugin version are different.

could we get any errors.while taking database backup from 5.2 to 6.2?

Please suggest us to steps to be taken care.

Thanks In Adavance.

Matheus Fernandes · Answer

Hi Kite,

The only errors that I can think of is if there are incompatible plugins in the JIRA 6.2 instance or any incompatibility with JIRA's Supported Platforms. If that's all correctly configured you should be able to import JIRA 5.2 data directly with no problems.

If you face any problems with that, please let us know!

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Bear in mind that this is an *upgrade* not a "restore a backup".  You should treat it as an upgrade, and follow the upgrading instructions in the documentation.

Benito Picarelli · Answer

Hello Kite,

Considering an instance without any third party plugins and everything according to the supported platforms for that version, you should face no errors in your approach. Since I'm not aware of your environment, I couldn't tell for sure if you are going to have errors or not. I guess the best thing to do would be to try it out in your dev instance first. Just make sure to have everything backed up!

Furthermore, if you would like to take a look, here is our documentation for upgrading JIRA:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Upgrading+JIRA

Cheers