On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Stephen Berg
(Contractor)
<stephen.berg.ctr(a)nrlssc.navy.mil> wrote:
I've been tasked to migrate a MediaWiki
install (V 1.5.6) to a new
server. I suppose I could just install the older version but I'd
rather
migrate if it's possible. Is the jump from 1.5.6 to the current 1.18.0
too big a jump? I was planning on dumping the database from the old
server and importing to the new if that is possible. I don't have a
lot
of experience here but if that will then I should be able to copy in
all
the images from old to new and be pretty much done. This wiki doesn't
have any add-ons, just a basic wiki for some of my users to collect and
share information.
Dont try to import an old dump into a new version, upgrade to
the new
version and then dump, or install the old version on the new server
and then upgrade.
Few more details mentioned here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki I like the idea of installing
old version on new server, importing the
database and then upgrading. Is it necessary to upgrade from 1.5.6 to
1.6 to 1.7 etc etc. Or can I jump straight to 1.18?