There should be no need to migrate the index data unless you are moving between two major Lucene versions. Since elasticsearch has never used Lucene 2, the old indices should be readable.
Best practices dictate that you place your data directory outside of the elasticsearch installation so that you can maintain the same directory between installations. -- Ivan On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:39 PM, allen chan <[email protected]>wrote: > i never did an upgrade before. Are there instructions for migrating the > index data? > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:35 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> That is pretty straightforward, copy the service wrapper into the bin >> folder of the new ES version, adjust paths and symlinks, and there you are. >> >> Stopping and starting the cluster and migrating the index data is no >> difference to not using the service wrapper. >> >> Jörg >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elasticsearch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX_O-Nfu_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Allen Michael Chan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD_ovzVvVGVV_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBYv4OEWiyGQSODxRvX-EgisJ%2BNvLR%2BKx%3DV40hO6rBDFg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
