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[gerald thomas <gerald17006@xxxxxxxxx>]

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" <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> 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" <gerald17006@xxxxxxxxx> 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" <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> 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" <gerald17006@xxxxxxxxx> 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
>>>>
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