In the previous Sitecore Upgrade Process article, i explained that how to start with Sitecore Upgrade process, Why Sitecore Upgrade is not an individual task and what are the steps involved to start with Sitecore Upgrade Process.
Sitecore Upgrade Articles:
Sitecore Upgrade Process
Sitecore Content Migration Using Sitecore Express Migration Tool
Sitecore Content Migration Using Sitecore Content Serialization Tool
Sitecore xDB Migration Using Sitecore xDB Data Migration Tool
In the continuation of
Sitecore Upgrade Process, I will explain the ways for Sitecore Data Migration which can be used to migrate Sitecore Content from older Sitecore Version to newer Sitecore Version.
In most of the Sitecore upgrade, Data Migration part is always challenging because Data is heart of any application, so we need to spend considerable amount of time in thinking.
Most of the Sitecore Applications are driven by Sitecore CMS Content, Sitecore Analytics Content and Custom Databases.
Before jumping into Sitecore Migration, it’s good to consider following items:
Let’s take an
example that in
our case we have
application which is in
Sitecore version is 6.6.0 Initial Release and
target version is Sitecore 10.1.
As explained above, we need to upgrade Sitecore CMS Content, Sitecore Analytics Content and Custom Databases.
In this option, we will be concentrating on Sitecore 10.1 upgrade with existing data migration, so it will involve:
> Sitecore CMS Content Migration
> Sitecore Analytics (xDB) Content Migration
For Sitecore CMS Data Migration, Sitecore provides Sitecore Data Migration utility called
Sitecore Express Migration Tool 3.1 but in our case it can’t be used because it support migration from Sitecore 6.6, 7.2, 7.5 or 8.0 to Sitecore Experience Platform 9.0 (Initial Release) without the need to gradually upgrade from version to version.
We can upgrade to Sitecore 10.1.0 from Sitecore 6.6.0 Initial Release by following way:
o Sitecore CMS Data Upgrade Option - 1: Use Sitecore Express Migration Tool and Sitecore Upgrade Packages
o Sitecore CMS Data Upgrade Option - 2: Use Sitecore Content Serialization Technique to new version of Sitecore
o Sitecore CMS Data Upgrade Option - 3: Use Sitecore Packages to new version of Sitecore
In this article we will discussing the process to move
Sitecore CMS Content during Sitecore Upgrade/Sitecore Migration using Sitecore Express Migration Tool from Sitecore lower version to Sitecore Higher version.
The Sitecore 10.1.0 provides new way of upgrade process i.e. we don’t need to upgrade to version by version. Now, it’s somehow simple as compare to Sitecore 9.x version:
o Upgrade the databases.
o Install the new version of Sitecore XP beside your existing Sitecore XP installation.
o Attach the databases to the new installation.
o Deploy your solution on top of the new installation.
o Perform some post-upgrade steps.
To use Sitecore 10.1 provided upgrade packages you should be on Sitecore Experience Platform 8.1.0 or later version. For this article, i took Sitecore 6.6.0 version and we will be upgrading to Sitecore 10.1, in this case we can't utilize Sitecore 10.1 provided upgrade packages.
I have tried to depict all the upgrade steps in detail: also I am using Sitecore Express Migration Tool 3.1 upgrade from lower version to supported version of Sitecore 10.1.0:
Process to upgrade from Sitecore 6.6.0 to Sitecore 10.1
Sitecore Express Migration Tool Generic Step Details:
The upgrade procedure for multiple instances depends on your environment architecture. For a single instance, you must follow all the above steps. In a scaled environment, you must repeat the above steps for each instance, except for the tasks related to Sitecore upgrade, which you must only perform once after Sitecore Content Freezing on PRODUCTION environment.
In the upcoming blog posts, I will explain rest of the Sitecore Content Migration activities in detail which can help you in Sitecore Upgrade Process.
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