[rt-users] Incrementally Upgrading RT

[Joe Harris]

What database are you using. I went the exact path you are doing a few months ago from 3.8.7 to 4.0.5 and someone here posted a link with very straightforward instructions. I am using Postgres and just did a pg_dump of the db, created a new one with a different name and loaded my dump file into it. Then on the new server, got everything installed per instructions but instead of initializing database ran:
rt-upgrade-database (I think)
And it prompts you to step through each version of the db one at a time. 

If I can find the link, I'll send it to you. 

I did run into an issue on one of my installations where custom fields are handled a little differently (only if the custom fields are linked to one another) but I put together some scripts with a little help from the list and fixed it. Since I was moving to another server and was able to test a few dry runs, the whole upgrade took about 30 min to an hour to complete. 

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On Aug 1, 2012, at 2:27 AM, Jenni Wilson <jenni.wilson at strategicdata.com.au> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> We are in the process of upgrading RT from version 3.8.7. We are starting with a fresh install on a new server. We have RT set up and the plan is to
> delete the current database on the new server and reimport the data from our old server and then run the update scripts, we predict this will take 2-3 hours.
> 
> Collegues have vague memories that when upgrading from version 2 to 3 they were able to upgrade in a similar manner, but in order to minimise the
> downtime, they were able to use tools that allowed them to do the bulk of the data upgrade during office hours, then take down the old version and do an incremental migration to move any data that has been added since the bulk data extraction.
> 
> The insert action on the rt-setup-database script mentions a supplementary datafile. Could this action be used to perform the incremental upgrade I describe above?
> If so what is the format of the datafile and is there any tools we can use to create it? We are using a postgres database.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jenni Wilson
> Strategic Data
> Tel: 03 9340 9000
> Fax: 03 9340 9090
> 
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