Is a 6.1 content package compatible with with 6.5?

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October 11, 2019
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We are on 6.1 and building a new set of 6.5 servers. I would like to take sample content from the 6.1 server, page content and assets, and install on the 6.5 server testing. This will speed up the process of checking the front end code.

Will 6.5 be able to use a content package from 6.1 on 6.5? Will we be able to migrate content from 6.1 to 6.5?

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Best answer by user05162

Yes, Packages created from <host>:<port>/crx/packmgr/index.jsp are compatible with all versions of AEM

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user05162

Accepted solution

Adobe Employee

Yes, Packages created from <host>:<port>/crx/packmgr/index.jsp are compatible with all versions of AEM

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zonroc

Level 3

If the package contains only assets and content - that should be ok. If the package contains Java code - then no - the APIs will be outdated.

Nirmal_Jose

Adobe Employee

From upgrade planning perspective, we need to first define the upgrade procedure

1. fresh install approach - we create a new 6.5 instance - move upgraded artefact, content, tags, ACLs etc

2. In-place upgrade - we upgrade the existing 6.1 instance to 6.5.

This decision is mostly made based on

1. size of your repository

2. infrastructure setup

Content packages are agnostic to AEM versions. So as long as component properties and features are not modified, content package created from previous version can be used in another version.

Other tools that you can consider for content movement are

1. VLT-RCP

2. GitHub - TWCable/grabbit: Grabbit - Fast Content Sync tool for AEM/CQ

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Hamid1350

Adobe Employee

Backward Compatibility in AEM 6.5