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ErlingKl1
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April 28, 2016
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Upgrade vs fresh install of AEM 6.1

  • April 28, 2016
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Hi

We have a AEM60 installation that shall be upgraded to 6.1.
However we are considering to do a fresh install of 6.1 instead of upgrade in order to have a clean installation.
Is that possible ?
We have never used AEM 5.x, so we don't have to migrate our repository (crx2oak).

The procedure would be something like:
1. Create a content package of our own content (/content/company-content) of the existing 6.0 installation
2. Fresh install AEM6.1
3. Redeploy the content package created in 1.
4. Redeploy our own software of components/templates/pages etc (/apps) and javascript/css etc (/etc/designs)
(with possible adjustments of our own code to work with 6.1 if needed ?))

Or does the upgrade procedure do something with the content so that it is not possible to redeploy the old 6.0 content on 6.1 ?

Erling

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    Best answer by Kunal_Gaba_

    -If you install the content packages on the fresh 6.1 instance then the you will lose the version history data as version history is not moved when you install content package on 6.1.  

    -When you do in place upgrade then the upgrade utility also migrates the existing nodes in the repository if there are any changes to the node definition in the new version. But I guess since you are just moving content pages then it should not have any impact.

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    smacdonald2008
    smacdonald2008
    Level 10
    April 28, 2016

    If you package you you AEM content and deploy on a Fresh instnace - the only thing to do is to test it to be sure it works on new instance. (which you state). 

    So yes - your steps look correct.  If you package up all your content - a fresh install is a good way to proceed. 

      Kunal_Gaba_
      Kunal_Gaba_Accepted solution
      April 28, 2016

      -If you install the content packages on the fresh 6.1 instance then the you will lose the version history data as version history is not moved when you install content package on 6.1.  

      -When you do in place upgrade then the upgrade utility also migrates the existing nodes in the repository if there are any changes to the node definition in the new version. But I guess since you are just moving content pages then it should not have any impact.

        Ratna_Kumar
        Ratna_Kumar
        Level 10
        April 28, 2016

        Hi Erling,

        Yes, as scott stated - a fresh AEM 6.1 instance is better way to proceed and you can deploy the package in to the installed vanilla instance(AEM6.1).

        But, follow these steps, if you want to upgrade from AEM 6.0 to 6.1: https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/deploy/upgrade.html

        Thanks,
        Ratna Kumar.

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