The method should be ok, the data for the jobs and such are not stored in the same location as the "executable." I would definitely recommend always backing up your JENKINS_HOME before installing new versions.
On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 18:49 PersonFirst PersonLast < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I would like to check if what I did for upgrading existing Jenkins > installation was OK/acceptable. I realize though it is not the documented > method of upgrading Jenkins per my research after I performed the upgrade. > > 1. I have previously installed Jenkins using MSI file at Windows server a > while ago. So, Jenkins runs as a service there. I performed many changes > (new jobs provisioned, customized settings, installed various plugins) at > this Jenkins installation since then. > 2. I recently downloaded latest available LTS release (for Windows) of > Jenkins from https://www.jenkins.io/download/ and installed Jenkins to > the same location where existing Jenkins installation exists (e.g., > indicated same path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\). > > I didn’t see any issues so far with the above method but wanted to check > if this method could have caused data loss (overwriting previous Jenkins > settings, etc.) or the above method works just fine. > > Please let me know know if anyone has any questions or need additional > information. > Thank you > PF > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" 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/jenkinsci-users/CAKnF1n_GzUXHw5FkvgQhs7jjAoDmxtYVV0aEZBU192C01-ESjQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAKnF1n_GzUXHw5FkvgQhs7jjAoDmxtYVV0aEZBU192C01-ESjQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" 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/jenkinsci-users/CAPiUgVd9iD6OoD5voGxbe7qvsO5tXV%3D%2BPx01MiGYtZkvG0i4NA%40mail.gmail.com.
