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I have recently upgraded a 7.11 install to a 16.1 install, and was unable to reu

PhilB
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I have recently upgraded a 7.11 install to a 16.1 install, and was unable to reuse my configuration repository. I've been able to reuse that same repository from 7.9 through to 7.11, but doing so for 16.1 resulted in various errors (such as Exception: ObjectNotFoundException[SYSTEM_RECORD_TYPE_USER]), despite applying the (very few) changes recorded in the documentation.

My main concern was with the changes in the web.xml file; there are quite a few new items in the new version (com.appiancorp.common.logging.ConfigureLog4j, com.appiancorp.rdbms.datasource.BusinessDataSourceValidator, com.appiancorp.applications.BundledApplicationsLoader for example), and simply inserting the new web.xml into the old repository does not work.

I understand that the way around this is to create a new repository, then merge my changes from the old repository into the new one, but that seems to rather defeat the object of...

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    That feedback is good to hear and I will definitely pass it along to the team.

    If possible, it would be helpful if you could elaborate a bit more on which aspects of updating Appian you find to be particularly challenging. I can certainly appreciate that many of our customers have fairly complex installations, but it would help to have more specific details about what you feel makes your configurations "non-trivial" to set up. Of the 19 steps listed in the documentation: forum.appian.com/.../Upgrade_Guide.html , where do you see yourself potentially encountering difficulties due to the complexity of your installation?
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    That feedback is good to hear and I will definitely pass it along to the team.

    If possible, it would be helpful if you could elaborate a bit more on which aspects of updating Appian you find to be particularly challenging. I can certainly appreciate that many of our customers have fairly complex installations, but it would help to have more specific details about what you feel makes your configurations "non-trivial" to set up. Of the 19 steps listed in the documentation: forum.appian.com/.../Upgrade_Guide.html , where do you see yourself potentially encountering difficulties due to the complexity of your installation?
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