[Opensim-users] opensim migration strategy

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Paul Fishwick wrote:
>  From one version of opensim to the next, what is the accepted migration
> strategy?  In particular, what happens if someone changes an SQLite
> or MySQL schema from one revision to the next? I tried METHOD 2
> last night when going from r7320 to r7605, and it failed. Not sure why
> yet...I ended up just creating new regions from scratch.
> 
> If someone can suggest a more efficient approach, that would
> be great. Once it is down, we can put it in the wiki. It could go
> under:
> 
> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Configuration

Actually, just a couple of days ago I started a rough wiki page for this.

http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Upgrading

It has the standalone info but not really the grid stuff.  Also, your bullet point format is much clearer.

> 
> 
> METHOD 1: If Using SQLite in StandAlone Mode
> 
> 1. Build the latest version from source (or download the binaries)
> 2. Put this new installation in a new folder
> 3. Copy the following files from the old \bin to the new \bin
>     3a. All *.db files
>     3b. The opensim.ini file
>     3c. The \bin\regions XML files
> 4. Launch the new opensim.exe
> 
> METHOD 2: If Using MySQL in StandAlone Mode
> 
> 1. Build the latest version from source (or download the binaries)
> 2. Put this new installation in a new folder
> 3. Copy the following files from the old \bin to the new \bin
>     3a. The opensim.ini file
>     3b. The \bin\regions XML files
> 4. Launch the new opensim.exe
> 
> METHOD 3: If Using MySQL in Grid Mode
> 
> 1. Build the latest version from source (or download the binaries)
> 2. Put this new installation in a new folder
> 3. Copy the following files from the old \bin to the new \bin
>     3a. The opensim.ini file
>     3b. The \bin\regions XML files
>     3c. The 5 XML config files
> 4. Launch services in the following order: UGAIM + R where
>     "R" designates the region server (OpenSim)
> 


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