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Hello,<BR>
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>From everything I've read, and the process we currently have in place for our development server, the only way to upgrade OpenCms is:<BR>
- export database/user names and groups/modules from your existing instance of OpenCms<BR>
- delete your /opencms folder<BR>
- install the new version of OpenCms using your new .war file<BR>
- re-import the modules/database<BR>
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This process is problematic within a production environment, as this creates a large amount of downtime. Can anyone suggest any other methods (in particular, from 6b1 to 6b2)? Some theories (let me know if they are possible):<BR>
A. Overwrite the opencms.jar file in /opencms/WEB-INF/lib/<BR>
OR<BR>
B Install OpenCms within a dev environment, and overwrite folders {MYSQL}\data\opencms and {TOMCAT}\webapps\opencms on production when dev is stabilized.<BR>
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Any other working methods would be welcome!<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
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Al<BR>
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