Migrating multiple JIRA projects from one production instance to another

Divya Yathagiri Venkata

Hi,

We are planning on migrating all the projects from one JIRA production instance to another production instance. Eventually, we want to have only one production instance - that's the reason for migration. So, there are around 13 projects in this instance from where we want to migrate to the main production instance which has several projects. What's the best way to do this? Also, can we change the project key and project name of the projects while migrating it to the other instance. Both the instances are production.

Also, we use several add-ons like Zephyr, Structure etc. Would all the data be imported too?

Thanks!

Daniel Eads {unmonitored account}

Hi Divya,

Moving projects can be a big job. You're going to want to use a plugin to assist you moving that many projects.

There are a couple existing guides to the two most commonly used plugins for this:

• Botron Configuration Manager for Jira
• Project Configurator for Jira

To answer your question about plugins.... it depends highly on the plugin itself. If the plugin stores data on issues in custom fields, that data will copy across. If the plugin uses its own table in the database, that won't be in a typical export/import. In the second case, you'll want to see if the plugins have export options available or check with Botron/Project Configurator to see if they support export/import for those plugins. Each plugin will need to be evaluated separately.

Cheers,
Daniel