Community Server 2008.5 Service Pack 3 supports upgrading from prior versions of Community Server 2008.5.
Upgrade notes
If you need to
upgrade from a version of Community Server prior to 2008.5 SP1, you must first upgrade to Community Server 2008.5 SP1, then upgrade to SP3.
The migration tools for CS 2008.5 SP1 are well-proven and stable; this
is the smoothest path for you to move to CS 2008.5 SP3.
Upgrade scenarios
The following table describes how to upgrade your current version of Community Server to Community Server 2008.5 SP3.
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Community Server Version
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Instructions
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| Community Server 2007 or higher running on SQL Server 2005 |
- Upgrade to Community Server 2008.5 SP1 using the Upgrader tool obtained from Support.
- Apply CS 2008.5 SP2.
- Apply CS 2008.5 SP3.
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| Community Server 2008.5 (without SP1) with SQL Server 2005 |
- Apply CS 2008.5 SP1.
- Apply CS 2008.5 SP2.
- Apply CS 2008.5 SP3
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| Community Server 2008.5 SP1 with SQL Server 2005 |
- Apply CS 2008.5 SP2.
- Apply CS 2008.5 SP3.
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| Community Server 2008.5 SP2 with SQL Server 2005 |
- Apply CS 2008.5 SP3.
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Upgrade instructions
For sites with no customizations:
Note: If desired, before applying the upgrade, use a tool
such as BeyondCompare to examine all the differences between your
current site's Web folder and the service pack's files.
- Back up your Community Server database.
- Back up your Web site's files.
- Copy the files from the Web folder of the Community Server SP3 distribution into your site's Web folder.
- Verify settings in connectionstrings.config file are correct.
- Apply the SQL upgrade script in the SQLScripts folder to your site's database.
- Reset your site's application pool via iisreset or by "touching" the web.config file.
For sites with customizations:
- Use a tool such as BeyondCompare or WinDiff to determine changes
between all the files in your site's Web folder and the Web folder of
the SP3 distribution. You will need to identify all changes and apply
them manually or through a diffpatch.
- Back up your Community Server database.
- Back up your Web site's files.
- Apply the changes from step 1.
- Verify settings in connectionstrings.config file are correct.
- Apply the SQL upgrade script in the SQLScripts folder to your site's database.
- Reset your site's application pool via iisreset or by "touching" the web.config file.
SQL Server 2000 users
At this time, the
SQL patches included in SP3 are not compatible with SQL Server 2000.
You can apply the binary updates and get the latest bug fixes; however,
the performance changes in SP3's SQL scripts have not been ported back
to SQL 2000.
If you have
upgraded your Community Server installation running on SQL Server 2000 to
Community Server 2008.5 SP1, you can apply the binary files over
the top of that installation.