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chiemen06
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November 5, 2012
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How to upgrade CF 8.0.1 to CF 9?

  • November 5, 2012
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I have installed CF 8.0.1 in my machine and I want to upgrade it to CF 9 because it is the version required by our software. Any ideas is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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Adam Cameron.
Inspiring
November 6, 2012

I wouldn't attempt an "upgrade", I'd install 9.0.1 in parallel, and duplicate your site on the CF9 server and fully regression & load test it.  Then once it's tested OK, switch over to the CF9 server, leave the CF8 server there in place for a while, then once the CF9 version has proven itself in a live environment, switch off the CF8 version.

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Adam

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chiemen06Author
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November 6, 2012

Thank you all for the reply. I did Adam's suggestion. It worked and I was able to migrate my datasources and mappings. The problem I have now is when I updated it to 9.0.1 , I got a blank white screen for my CF Admin. Looking at the application log, this is the error:

"Object Instantiation Exception.Class not found: coldfusion.security.ESAPIUtils The specific sequence of files included or processed is: C:\ColdFusion9\wwwroot\WEB-INF\exception\coldfusion\runtime\Expressio nException.cfm, line: 12 "

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chiemen06Author
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November 6, 2012

OK, well I'd perhaps deinstall CF9 altogher and try again.  This time:

  1. Install CF9.
  2. Verify that you can get into CFAdmin (which is part of the install process anyhow).
  3. Check that it can serve a helloWorld.cfm file from your web root.
  4. Do NOT import any settings from your CF8 install yet.
  5. Install CF9.0.1
  6. Repeat 2-3
  7. Deploy your settings archive once 9.0.1 is known to be working OK

How are you migrating the config, btw?  I'm assuming you're using the archive / deploy facility?  Perhaps archive each section of the settings into separate CAR files (eg: settings, DSNs, collections, etc all as separate files)

Doing a reinstall might seem like throwing the baby out with the bath water, but it's sometimes quicker than working out what the problem is (which often yields to a reinstall anyhow).  It's worth trying at least once before scratching your head too much.

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Adam


How are you migrating the config, btw?  I'm assuming you're using the archive / deploy facility?  Perhaps archive each section of the settings into separate CAR files (eg: settings, DSNs, collections, etc all as separate files)

using migration wizard

BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 6, 2012

Don't upgrade to CF 9; upgrade to CF 9.0.2. It is the best CF 9 build, containing all the upgrades and hotfixes and consisting of just one installation.

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Adam Cameron.
Inspiring
November 6, 2012

Don't upgrade to CF 9; upgrade to CF 9.0.2. It is the best CF 9 build

Unless you're using Verity.  The chief difference between 9.0.1 and 9.0.2 is that Verity was (mostly) removed.  If using Verity, go to 9.0.1, and start planning to migrate your search collections from Verity to Solr, because Verity ain't there after 9.0.1.

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Adam

BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
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November 6, 2012

Adam Cameron. wrote:

Don't upgrade to CF 9; upgrade to CF 9.0.2. It is the best CF 9 build

Unless you're using Verity. 

Indeed. Thanks for that, Adam.

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