CQ Upgrade

[seethanan]

Hi All,

We are planning our project from 5.6.1 to 6.1

Questions:

1. Do i need to upgrade first to 6.0 using Inplace upgrade or Can i do direct inplace upgrade in 6.1?

Please Suggest.

Thanks

[Kunal_Gaba_]

You can directly do an in-place upgrade to 6.1 from 5.6.1. Please follow the below docs-

• Adobe upgrade instructions - https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/deploy/upgrade.html
• Release Notes -  https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/release-notes.html
• Article on features  - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/aem-61-whats-coming-up-tushar-garg
• Known Issues with 6.1 - http://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/release-notes/known-issues.html 
  Issues which may impact the upgrade process-
  • Update to 6.1 from 5.x and 6.0+CRX2 using crx2oak fails if installation path contains a space.
  • Update to 6.1 from 5.x and 6.0+CRX2 fails on Windows due to backslashes written to FileDataStore.cfg
• Updates in Sling API for 6.1 - https://cqdump.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/what-is-new-in-sling-with-aem-6-1/ 
• AEM 6.1 hot fixes -  https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/kb/aem61-available-hotfixes.html
• AEM 6+ LDAP configuration has changed - http://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-0/administer/security/ldap-config.html
• 6.1 Upgrade learnings - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/upgrade-aem-61-learnings-kunal-gaba

[Gokul2011]

Hi Kunal,

I am using CQ5.6 and need to migarte to AEM6.1

Please let me know how INPLACE upgrade will change repository OAK also.

I guess we need to first run "inplace upgarde " and then convert repository using "crx2oak"

[kautuk_sahni · Accepted solution]

Hi 

Please go through the documentation link:- https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-0/deploy/upgrade.html and https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/deploy/upgrade.html

UPGRADE OVERVIEW

There are two distinct steps to doing a full upgrade:

1. In-Place Upgrade: Drop in the new jar file in place of the original one in your <aem-install> directory, right next to your existing crx-quickstart directory) and launch it. This upgrades the system, but leaves the existing CRX 2 repository as-is.
2. Migrating the Repository to Oak: Once the in place upgrade is complete, you can optionally migrate the existing CRX 2 repository to the new Jackrabbit Oak-based CRX 3 repository. 

I hope this will help you.

Thanks and Regards

Kautuk Sahni