We are looking at upgrading our Solrcoud instances from 7.2 to the most recent version of solr 8.4.1 at this time. The last time we upgraded a major solr release we were able to upgrade the index files to the newer version, this prevented us from having an outage. Subsequently we've reindexed all our collections. However the Solr documentation for 8.4.1 states that we need to be at Solr 7.3 or later to run the index upgrade. https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_4/solr-upgrade-notes.html
So if we upgrade to 7.7, and then move to 8.4.1 and run the index upgrade script just once? I guess I'm confused about the 7.2 -> 8.* issue is it data related? Regards, Webster This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and any of its subsidiaries do not accept liability for any omissions or errors in this message which may arise as a result of E-Mail-transmission or for damages resulting from any unauthorized changes of the content of this message and any attachment thereto. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and any of its subsidiaries do not guarantee that this message is free of viruses and does not accept liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted therewith. Click http://www.merckgroup.com/disclaimer to access the German, French, Spanish and Portuguese versions of this disclaimer.