Overview
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This article explains the best practice of Migrating data between Jira Servers using Configuration Manager for Jira appfor migrating Jira projects by following CMJ Compatibility Matrix. |
Best Practice
The Configuration Manager for Jira app (CMJ) can migrate Project with issues along with the associated attachments. The Configuration Manager app is designed to support the export and import snapshots from different Jira versions. You can migrate projects from one Jira version to another.
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Example: Configuration Manager for Jira v6.6.8 is supported for Jira versions between 7.8.0 to 8.11.0. In the 6.6.8 version of CMJ, any version of Jira can be installed between v7.8.0 to v8.11.0 in the source and target, but the CMJ app version should be identical to v6.6.8 at both places.
Another important Important point to remember: If the Jira versions are different, the target instance shouldn't be running on an older version than the source instance.
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For more information, refer to this link: https://botronsoft.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/4784162/Compatibility+Matrix
If the Jira versions are close generally they don't differ in any major features so it is absolutely safe to use CMJ to create and deploy 100% valid and full snapshots. Also, you don't need to use the same version of CMJ but it is recommended to use close versions if the same is not possible so you could get the same set of features and object support.