Failsafe upgrade from 2.0.7 to 2.0.18?

Started by wakewatcher, March 22, 2021, 01:07:41 AM

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wakewatcher

I seem to have a search term disability so this might be something covered elsewhere.  I haven't touched my installation for 6 years and am running 2.0.7. I'm thinking about upgrading to 2.0.18.  I'm paranoid to just do a large upgrade.  Seems like I got in trouble a decade ago and had to start from scratch. My question is... is it possible to just do a total new install of 2.0.18 and then is there some utility to move my 2.0.7 database to the new 2.0.18 data base?  I suppose I can backup my existing version but I don't trust myself getting that right. I'd rather have two versions and I can test the new one before turning off the old one.  The good news is I don't have any mod or hacks (that I remember anyway.) Thx.
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Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

You can do patch updates one minor version at a time, or you can do the large upgrade with one go. These should both work just fine.
What you are suggesting would really be overly complicating things, even though possible.

I would suggest trying to update through the package manager first, then if there are issues we can think of alternative approaches.
https://custom.simplemachines.org/upgrades/
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Steve

Since you don't have any mods or hacks I'd go with the large upgrade package. :)
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Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

Personally, so would I - but I thought the package updates would probably be an easier entry point.
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