JIRA 5.1.4 upgrade

Question

Hi I am able to upgrade JIRA 5.1.4 but when I try to import te XML back , i am blocked by receiving an error like GC overhead limit exceeded due to java out of memory exception after improving a 30 - 40 % of upload data is done.

Any workaround for this ?

Harry Chan5 · Answer

Hi, I agree with the other posters in that you should do an in-place upgrade. XML upgrades do use more memory and hence why you might have bumped into the issue.

Radek Antoniuk · Answer

Indeed, that is a valid question. Why don't you try to just replace the version of JIRA and start the new one? JIRA will then upgrade itself and you do not need to export/imprort anything.

Make sure you do a backup (db + files) before though.

Norman Abramovitz · Answer

Why are not doing a database in-place upgrade for Jira?   There is no import step then.