Updating version 1.8

[Joseph Frank Rogani]

Good afternoon everybody.

We are planning to update our Dspace archive, moving all data to another new Windows 2016 Server.

We should move from 1.8 to version 6.3.

We are wondering whether this direct move is possible or not and if we might face troubles in the data migration.

Does anyone have a similar experience?

Many Thanks.

Joseph

[Mark H. Wood]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 05:09:07PM +0200, Joseph Frank Rogani wrote:
> We are planning to update our Dspace archive, moving all data to another
> new Windows 2016 Server.
>
> We should move from 1.8 to version 6.3.
> We are wondering whether this direct move is possible or not and if we
> might face troubles in the data migration.

Move and upgrade should be done in two separate steps. There have
been a number of changes to the database schema between 1.8 and 6.3.

What I would do is:

1. Install an identical version of 1.8 on the new server.
2. Copy the old assetstore(s) to the new server.
3. Dump the database on the old server.
4. Restore the database dump to the new server.
5. Upgrade the DSpace instance on the new server to 6.3. See
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC6x/Upgrading+DSpace
for details. You should read the upgrade instructions for each
release between 1.8 and 6.3 for changes in the DSpace
*configuration*, but the *code* can be upgraded directly to 6.3.

There have been significant changes in the configuration since 1.8.

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Mark H. Wood
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[Joseph Frank Rogani]

Thanks so much for your support, Mike. I will try and follow your suggestions.

My best regards.

Joseph 

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