Jira Upgrade from 7.2.4 to 8.0

[Bruce Caldwell]

We have recently been on 7.2.4 due to our SQL server being 2003.

We have now moved to SQL 2106 and I need to know if I can upgrade straight from 7.2.4 to V8.0 without stepping through various 7.XX upgrades. Checking 7.6 it only supports SQL 2012 and 2014, so I am a little confused on which versions to use in my upgrade path.

Any help gratefully received.

[Alexis Robert]

Hi @Bruce Caldwell , 

you can upgrade directly from 7.2.4 to Jira 8.5 for example, no need for intermediate upgrades. 

In your case, SQL Server 2003 is not supported so you will need to do the following :

• do a XML backup of your current instance
• create a new database in SQL Server 2016 : https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/connecting-jira-applications-to-sql-server-2016-948232141.html
• install a new Jira 8.5 instance from scratch, point it to your empty SQL Server 2016 database, and reimport the XML backup : https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver072/migrating-jira-applications-to-another-server-828787651.html

Let me know if this helps, 

--Alexis 

[Bruce Caldwell]

Thanks Alexis, really useful.

Have a question though in that I have already moved the DB to SQL 2016 running on 7.2.4, so can I just run the upgrade to V8.5?

[Vickey Palzor Lepcha]

Yes . SQL 2016 is supported by JIRA .

So it doesn't matter if you run 7.2.4 or 8.5 on it - it anyway supports both.

It is same as doing the JIRA upgrade first and then upgrading DB - so no issues.

[Alexis Robert]

Hi @Bruce Caldwell , 

if you've already migrated the DB to SQL Server 2016, then you can just run the 8.5 upgrade then : no need to backup and re-import the data !

[Bruce Caldwell]

Brilliant, thanks for you help.

[Alexis Robert]

You're welcome ! Please remember to mark the answer as "Accepted" so that other users can find it later :)