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aem 6.4 upgrade steps

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March 1, 2019
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We are upgrading from aem 6.3 to aem 6.4

And performing in-place upgrade following these steps - Performing an In-Place Upgrade

I want to clarify on the steps to get this successful

Stop the instance if it is running
Download the new AEM6.4 jar file and use it to replace the old one outside the crx-quickstart folder.
Unpack the new quickstart jar by running:
java -jar AEM_6.4_author-p4504.jar –unpack
java -server -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256M -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dsling.run.modes=author,crx3,crx3tar -jar cq-author-p4504.jar -c crx-quickstart -p 4504 -Dsling.properties=conf/sling.properties
Start AEM either using start.bat or the jar

Few questions:

1. Are steps 4 and 5 required (both)?

2. As far as i understand step 5 should start AEM as well. - Am I right? So step 6 should not be needed.

3. Since upgrade works fine with just unpacking also with just step 4 and 6. What is the need for the step 5? For setting the run-modes alone?

Just wanted to make sure i understand the steps I am performing correctly.

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joerghoh

Adobe Employee

Step 4 is only unpacking the quickstart, but it does not start AEM. That's what step 5 is doing.

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sudhag73425455Author

Level 2

Thanks.

But another concern is when I used below command

java -server -Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=256M -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dsling.run.modes=author,crx3,crx3tar -jar AEM64-author-p4502.jar start -c crx-quickstart -p 4502 -Dsling.properties=conf/sling.properties

AEM is starting as http://localhost:4502/crx-quickstart/aem/start.html

Why is the extra crx-quickstart coming up?

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sudhag73425455Author

Level 2

Do you see a 'crx-quickstart' generated under parent 'crx-quickstart' folder from your upgrade process? If yes, then you may need to redo the entire activity.

AFter running these 2 commands

java -Xmx4096m -jar AEM64-author-p4502.jar -unpack

java -server -Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=256M -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dsling.run.modes=author,crx3,crx3tar -jar AEM64-author-p4502.jar start -c crx-quickstart -p 4502 -Dsling.properties=conf/sling.properties

I see the AEM starts off as http://localhost:4502/crx-quickstart/aem/start.html

If you notice the url has an extra crx-quickstart. WHy could that be

D:\6.3 - 6.4 upgrade with curl cmds\crx-quickstart\app has cq-quickstart-6.4.0-standalone-quickstart.jar

I do not see any extra crx-quickstart under this folder D:\6.3 - 6.4 upgrade with curl cmds\crx-quickstart