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Migrate a project from 3.13 Jira instance to another 4.3.x Jira instance.

Michal Krenca

Hello,

i saw a lot of article about how upgrade or restore a Jira instance, but I'm still confused. Is it possible to move one Project from old Jira version to another Jira instance with different versions without "damage" the Jira instance ?

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

No.

Well, yes, but it's not a single step.

Single project import requires the source and target Jira instances to be on the same version. So, your process is either

Export from 3.13
Import everyting into a temporary 4.3 install
Export from the temporary 4.3
Import the single project

Export from 3.13
Import your project into a temporary 3.13 install (not as easy as it sounds, as you need to think about the supporting stuff)
Upgrade that 3.13 to 4.3
Export from the upgraded 4.3
Import the single project

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

No.

Well, yes, but it's not a single step.

Single project import requires the source and target Jira instances to be on the same version. So, your process is either

Export from 3.13
Import everyting into a temporary 4.3 install
Export from the temporary 4.3
Import the single project

Export from 3.13
Import your project into a temporary 3.13 install (not as easy as it sounds, as you need to think about the supporting stuff)
Upgrade that 3.13 to 4.3
Export from the upgraded 4.3
Import the single project

Michal Krenca

Hi Nic,

thank you very much for your posting.

I'm not sure what you mean with import and export on each step.

Do you mean "Export from 3.13" the automatical xml export ?
"Import everyting into a temporary 4.3 install" - All Custom Fields, Screens, Workflow... by hand and via xml automaticaly ?
"Export from the temporary 4.3" - automaticaly xml export ?
"Import the single project " - via xml automaticaly ?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Ah, ok, I've done this sort of thing too often, and skimmed the details, sorry

Yes, an export is a full Jira xml backup/export - that contains everything except the attachments.
"Import everything into a temporary 4.3" - yes, you use the xml export of everything. No need to do anything by hand, it'll get all the projects, schemes and so-on. You'll end up with a system the same as when you took the export.
"Export from the temporary 4.3" - yes export the full xml
"import the single project" - yes, but use the "import project" option instead of the "import everything" option. The single project import process needs a full Jira xml export as a source, but is then selective about which bits it imports.

Michal Krenca

Thank you very much, i will try this out tomorow

Where can i find the "import project" option ?

AbrahamA

Nic

What about if there are same scheme names in 2 instances, some priorities may have already been there in target instance -- did you have to deal with any such situations..

Abe

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