Downgrading from LTA 2025.1.1 to 10.6 (both Enterprise)

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Hi. I was wondering, in situations where we see some issues with the new versions, how to downgrade from LTA 2025.1.1 to 10.6 (Both Enterprise)? How is DB affected? Is there any safe step by step to downgrade server and DB? ZIP installation.
would appreciate your answers.

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During the upgrade you’ll do a DB migration. Before it starts, you get a hint to backup the DB. I assume, the only safe step would be to restore your DB when downgrading.

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Hi Volker, Thanks for your reply. Then, if summarizing the safe steps:

  1. Stop the Service.
  2. Restore the Backup/RestorePoint
  3. Install the lower version (Actual downgrade)
  4. Start the downgraded service

Right?
Update: The 4th step is added.

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I think that’s the right way. Order of step 2 and 3 can be interchanged and don’t forget step :wink:

  1. Start the downgraded service

But there will be some time in the future, when you have to upgrade again to the 2025.1 LTA release - that’s a mandatory point in the upgrade path from any 10.x release.
That said, I would give the 2025.2 a try befor downgrading - or even wait for 2025.3 which from the previous release cadence about every 2nd month I would expect about end of the month.

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Thanks for your answer!