Thanks for the reply. Currently we run this version (svn, version 1.4.6 (r28521)) on a AIX machine. I am looking at upgrading to v1.7.6-1( http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.Subversion)
Is it enough if I do the following ( http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#dumpload)? Or do I need to do anything more? 1. Shut down svnserve, Apache, and anything else that might be accessing the repository. 2. *svnadmin dump /path/to/repository > dumpfile.txt *, using version X of svnadmin. 3. *mv /path/to/repository /path/to/saved-old-repository* 4. Now upgrade to Subversion Y (i.e., build and install Y, replacing X). 5. *svnadmin create /path/to/repository*, using version Y of svnadmin. 6. *svnadmin load /path/to/repository < dumpfile.txt *, again using version Y of svnadmin. 7. Copy over hook scripts, etc, from the old repository to the new one. 8. Restart svnserve, Apache, etc. Can you also elaborate step 7 on hook scripts and etc.,? Thanks again for the support! On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Cooke, Mark <mark.co...@siemens.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Arivarasan Manivasagam > > To: users@subversion.apache.org > > Subject: Subversion server upgrade from 1.4 to 1.7 > > > > Hi, > > We want to upgrade subversion server from 1.4 to 1.7 > > Is this feasible? > > Can you share any steps or documents related to the same? > > > > thanks, > > Arivarasan Manivasagam > > It is feasible and there are plenty of hits using google with very similar > questions. It would be useful if you could say what your platform is (or > will be if you plan on upgrading the hardware also). > > I suggest you start with the release notes for the 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 [1] > versions which should cover most of the gotchas but in theory a current > server should be able to just pick up the old repositories and serve them. > However, I would guess that a 1.4 to 1.7 upgrade would benefit from a dump > / load cycle to make use of the latest repository structure features (as > well as giving you a handy dump file backup of the pre-upgrade > repositories). > > Perhaps you can provide more info and ask some more specific questions? > > ~ Mark C > > [1] http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.7.html >
