Dear Knut, Noted!!! I noticed that upgrade procedures' starts from version 2.16 and the oldest war file available is 2.7; which means I will have to work blindly till 2.16 by the grace of God. HISP India, please can you help because I heard you had done something like this before.
On Jul 27, 2016 12:31 PM, "Knut Staring" <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gi Gerald, > > Please do not take my suggestion as a fully formed and fool-proof > procedure. But since you are exporting and then importing into an empty > instance of a newer version, you will not be messing up your existing data > (but should still take a backup first). > > Piecewise going through every version with the necessary database updates > is the safest route and to always be recommended. > > However, this might be difficult in this case, and certainly very > cumbersome. So I suggest you give it a try. 2.16 was just a rough number, > I am not sure it will work, but this method can help you skip a few > versions. However, you will have to test the results thoroughly, and > probably will run into a few obstacles. So it is not a silver bullet, I'm > afraid. > > Knut > > On 27 Jul 2016 14:04, "gerald thomas" <gerald17...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Knut, >> That is a very big jump and if it works, it will make my day. >> As per your procedure, I should deploy the 2.16 war file on the newly >> installed DHIS2 with empty database "hmis" and do metadata export of >> everything from the old system which is running on 2.5 war file and finally >> import to the new instance? >> My question again Knut, what is the best method to do this export & >> import: piecewise or everything; if it is piecewise what should I import >> first, second,...... and last? >> >> Thanks for your help >> >> On Jul 26, 2016 15:40, "Knut Staring" <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Gerald, >>> I would try to skip a few versions by exporting metadata and data and >>> probably try to import to an intermediate version such as 2.13 or 2.16. >>> >>> On 26 Jul 2016 21:02, "gerald thomas" <gerald17...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear All, >>>> I am inquiring for both technical guidance and materials to upgrade a >>>> DHIS2 instance from version 2.5 to 2.22. >>>> >>>> I will be grateful for any help anyone can render for me to >>>> successfully achieve this task. Also, i will like to know where i can >>>> get all the old war files. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Gerald >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>
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