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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suggest you try with 2.16 and let us know how it goes. If problematic,
then try a few versions earlier.
Knut

On 27 Jul 2016 19:12, "gerald thomas" <gerald17006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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