topic Re: How do YOU perform an upgrade? Describe your process. in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-do-you-perform-an-upgrade-describe-your-process/m-p/223024#M176154 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The database should look after itself during the upgrade.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It sounds like you are hacking files within the alfresco webapp, which as you have found makes upgrading harder, and is never recommended.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Your configuration (of just the minimum you need to customise) should go into the extension classpath (shared/classes folder), or be contained in separate AMPS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Your configuration is kept separate from the alfresco provided configuration so you just replace the entire alfresco webapp.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:38:12 GMT mrogers 2010-09-19T16:38:12Z How do YOU perform an upgrade? Describe your process. https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-do-you-perform-an-upgrade-describe-your-process/m-p/223023#M176153 I have a list of files that I have modified and I perform these changes to the new files after the files are copied over for everything to run correctly.I pretty much go directory to directory and copy over my old files with the new ones. (after backups of course)Here is where I'm a bit fuzzy, event Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:04:35 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-do-you-perform-an-upgrade-describe-your-process/m-p/223023#M176153 williamgh 2010-09-17T19:04:35Z Re: How do YOU perform an upgrade? Describe your process. https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-do-you-perform-an-upgrade-describe-your-process/m-p/223024#M176154 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The database should look after itself during the upgrade.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It sounds like you are hacking files within the alfresco webapp, which as you have found makes upgrading harder, and is never recommended.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Your configuration (of just the minimum you need to customise) should go into the extension classpath (shared/classes folder), or be contained in separate AMPS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Your configuration is kept separate from the alfresco provided configuration so you just replace the entire alfresco webapp.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:38:12 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-do-you-perform-an-upgrade-describe-your-process/m-p/223024#M176154 mrogers 2010-09-19T16:38:12Z