Enterprise Portal and Server Upgrade from 10.8.1 to 10.9.1

Question

Basically, I am planning to upgrade Enterprise portal 10.8.1 to 10.9.1. Our current Window server is 2016, but for this upgrade we want it to be done on window server 2022. Here is my question - Is it possible to upgrade the enterprise portal 10.8.1 with window server 2016 to window server 2022 without breaking anything in the current environment before upgrading to 10.9.1.

George_Thompson · Answer

Snapshot works. Really it depends on your IT setup.

The important thing is to have a backup of the machine before the upgrade that is NOT stored on the same VM (yes, this happens all the time....)

Abi · Answer

Thank you for your comment, George.

When you say back up, you mean like a snapshot of the server?

George_Thompson · Answer

Here are some other posts that discuss this same workflow:

* https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/perform-an-in-place-upgrade-of-windows-server-2016/td-p/1150775
* https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/in-place-upgrade-from-windows-server-2016-to-2022/td-p/1292547

I would first say to make sure that you have a full and VERIFIED backup of the machine before performing any upgrade like this.