[Koha] Koha Upgrade

[David Nind]

Hi.

Welcome to Koha!

My recollection from previous posts to the mailing list, and a very quick
search, are that you have two options:

1. Upgrade to version 3.0, then upgrade to the latest version 3 release
2. Treat it as a migration, like you would from any other system, rather
than as an upgrade.

Option 2 seems to be the most recommended and cleanest approach, as far as
I can tell.

This means you need to get the data you need from the Koha 2 system out,
and then import it into your new 3.8 installation (note that 3.10 is now
the latest stable release). This is often the most difficult part.

Version 2 of Koha is quite old, and people's experience with it and the
migration process are probably a bit rusty now.

I've listed some resources that may, or may not, be useful to your
situation.

The manual is your friend:
http://koha-community.org/documentation/

The mailing list archive is also your friend - scroll down to the search
box to search the mailing list archives:
http://koha-community.org/support/koha-mailing-lists/

The search box on the koha-community.org site searches across all the sites
(wiki, mailing lists, IRC, etc) and is very useful.

Migration check list:
http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/implementation.html#imp-migration

Migration Without Suffering - KohaCon 2011, D Ruth Bavousett
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Kohacon2011#Migration_Without_Suffering

Migrating to Koha - KohaCon 2012, Robin Sheat
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon12_Schedule#Migrating_to_Koha_.2860_min.29

If you have the resources, you may like to consider using the services of
one of the support companies - they generally have extensive expertise with
Koha and the migration process.

Good luck with the migration - I'm sure there will be some challenges, but
thee will be worth it! Koha has come a long way since version 2.


David Nind | david.nind at gmail.com
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