[Koha] Koha upgrade from 3.2 to 19.05

[Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library]

UP !

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:59 AM Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library <
library at sqcc.org> wrote:

> Dear Joel,
>
> Thank you for your quick answer ! Do you have any tutorials/links to
> suggest me to make the upgrade successful ?
>
> Best,
> Walid
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:52 AM Coehoorn, Joel <jcoehoorn at york.edu> wrote:
>
>> 3.2 is **very** old now... going back to at least 2012 if not further.
>>
>> Koha is designed to be updated in place, in smaller increments at a time.
>> You will find this larger jump exceedingly difficult. It will almost
>> certainly break things for you, but going back that far it's impossible for
>> me to say what.
>>
>> If you're using the debian packages, you **might** be able to slow this
>> down by carefully controlling the debian apt repository targets, such that
>> you only do a version or two at a time. Then you could check through things
>> at a each jump and take a backup before moving to the next. That will take
>> much longer, but it should at least be safer and a little more reliable. If
>> that's even still possible.
>>
>> To avoid this situation in the future, it's much better to upgrade **at
>> least** once every other year.
>>
>> Joel Coehoorn
>> Director of Information Technology
>> 402.363.5603
>> *jcoehoorn at york.edu <jcoehoorn at york.edu>*
>>
>> *Please contact helpdesk at york.edu <helpdesk at york.edu> for technical
>> assistance.*
>>
>>
>> The mission of York College is to transform lives through
>> Christ-centered education and to equip students for lifelong service to
>> God, family, and society
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 8:46 AM Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library <
>> library at sqcc.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Our library is planning to upgrade Koha from the version 3.2 to 19.05
>>> (latest).
>>>
>>> Could you please give us a complete tutorial, system requirements, and
>>> the
>>> things we have to do (backup ?, etc,) before starting the upgrade.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to upgrade directly from 3.2 to 19.05 ? or we have to
>>> upgrade to lower versions before?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Walid
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
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> *Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library*
> 1100 16th St, NW
> Washington, DC 20036
> library at sqcc.org
> 202-677-3967, x104
>


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1100 16th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
library at sqcc.org
202-677-3967, x104