Bug 37999

Summary: Migrating database from v19.05 to v23.11
Product: Koha Reporter: Ruth Elliott <ruth.elliott>
Component: Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)Assignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: CLOSED INVALID QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: tomascohen
Version: 19.05   
Hardware: All   
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Description Ruth Elliott 2024-09-24 14:21:28 UTC
Hi I was asked to migrate a koha system from one server to the next however, the issue is the system we are planning to migrate from is version 19.05. In the past I have noticed that directly importing an older version of a database into a new one there are complications. however, I have never made this big of a jump between versions. Can you recommend the best way to conduct this migration given that the new server would be loaded with the current version of koha?
Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2024-09-25 15:58:14 UTC
Hi Ruth, 
please bring up your question on our mailing lists or the Mattermost chat (chat.koha-community.org) instead. Bugzilla is only to be used for filing bugs and enhancement requests, not for support requests. You will also reach a much wider audience on the other channels that will be able to advice. 
One hint: if you are loading an old database into a newer installation, make sure you haven't run the web installer yet or that you drop the created database. You don't want to load the old data into a new database structure, but load your old database with it's old table structure so that the updates will work.