Ciao Tony, migrating a minor release does not pose any risk on your data directory. Upgrading from major versions can instead be destructive meaning that as an instance if you let GS 2.1.x boot using a 2.0 data_dir then 2.0 won't be able to read it anymore.
That said, I would suggest something simple. Use an external data_dir, back the data_dir up somewhere, do the minor upgrade and check that things are ok. THis way you can always go back. Anyway, as I said, upgrading on the same major to a newer minor is considere a safe operation, actually, it is usually recommended. Regards, Simone Giannecchini ------------------------------------------------------- Ing. Simone Giannecchini GeoSolutions S.A.S. Founder Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 962313 mob: +39 333 8128928 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://geo-solutions.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/GeoSolutionsIT http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonegiannecchini http://twitter.com/simogeo ------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Appel, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > > > I saw the blog post yesterday about the new release that has a bug fix that > I have been waiting for. > > > > Unfortunately I am not excited about updating my version of GS since there > seems to be no docs on how to migrate from minor versions. > > IE: What files and folders are necessary to copy on top of my existing > install in order to upgrade it from 2.1.1 à 2.1.2 > > > > I have expended quite a bit of effort getting my current install running > just the way I want it and I would hate to have to repeat it – or lose > items that took me many hours to get just right. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Tony Appel > > Senior Systems Engineer- Enterprise Platforms > > Global Operations Technology > > NOKIA - Location and Commerce - Fargo > > > > ________________________________ > The information contained in this communication may be CONFIDENTIAL and is > intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify the sender and delete/destroy the original message and any > copy of it from your computer or paper files. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
