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Best choice for upgrading old v1.2.1 to v3.0.0 ?

Added by Grégory Janiszewski over 9 years ago

Hi all,

We are using a bitnami virtual machine running Redmine v1.2.1.
We think it's time to upgrade ;-)

But as this is a quite old version, I'm asking myself about the best procedure.

1- Upgrade the current redmine to the latest one by hands...
2- Use a brand new Bitnami Virtual machine including the latest v3.0.0 and import all MySQL database and files.

I was thinking the solution 2 is better, because it will also update all dependency (Ruby) and Ubuntu server to latest stable version.
  • But what about importing old data into brand new v3.0.0 ?
  • Is it easy and automatic ?
  • Are the database compatible (I'm sure not)? How to perform database upgrade ?

If someone can give some advices and procedure I will appreciate.
Thank you.


Replies (3)

RE: Best choice for upgrading old v1.2.1 to v3.0.0 ? - Added by Pavel Potcheptsov over 9 years ago

Remove all plugins and follow upgrade guide (backup existing database and import it to the latest 3.0 installation, then run database migration).

RE: Best choice for upgrading old v1.2.1 to v3.0.0 ? - Added by Grégory Janiszewski over 9 years ago

Thank you.
I'm trying porting database on new virtual machine and it seems to work !
The database migration sounds good.

You said "remove all plugins".
Why ?
I just dumped my database, then import it to my new VM, and run migration.
And it seems ok.

I will now add my needed plugins and migrate databse plugin.
Is it ok ?

Thank you.

RE: Best choice for upgrading old v1.2.1 to v3.0.0 ? - Added by Pavel Potcheptsov over 9 years ago

Because your database maybe holds tables from old plugins.

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