description | Before migrating from Jira Server to Cloud, run through this checklist to ensure you and your data are ready to go. |
Migration can be a complex and challenging process.
To help you out, we’ve created this checklist of everything you need to do to ensure your data is ready to migrate from Jira Server or Data Center to cloud.
Complete these checks before attempting a migration to avoid common failures.
Before you begin
1. Confirm your migration method
What you'll check for varies depending on your migration method. The migration methods covered in this checklist are:
Next, follow the pre-migration checks for the migration method you have chosen.
2. Prepare
To complete the pre-migration checks, you may need access to:
The Jira Server or Cloud user interface
An unzipped Jira Support Zip
An unzipped Jira XML Backup
SQL queries on the source instance
Jira Cloud Migration Assistant checklist
The Jira Cloud Migration Assistant automatically reviews your data for common errors. It will check that:
all users have valid email addresses
all users have unique email addresses
none of the project names or keys conflict with project names or keys in cloud
the migration assistant is up to date
However, the migration assistant won’t check for everything, so you’ll also need to run through the following list before starting a migration.
1. Create a user migration plan MANDATORY
External Directories
Sync your active external user base to ensure that all users and groups are migrated properly as part of your user migration strategy. This also ensures that data remains linked to the correct users during the migration.
If you're using an external identity provider to manage your users, make sure they are active and synchronized to your internal user base before migrating.
- Click on the cog icon in the application's right upper corner
- Select User Management
- Select User Directories
- Finally, select Sync
You can cross-reference the Epoch timestamps in a site such as https://www.epochconverter.com/.
Make sure directories that are needed are set to Active.
Last External Users Sync Verification
grep "com.atlassian.crowd.directory.sync.laststartsynctime" <Support Zip Location>/auth-cfg/directoryConfigurationSummary.txt
Example Output:
com.atlassian.crowd.directory.sync.laststartsynctime: 1586922783853
com.atlassian.crowd.directory.sync.laststartsynctime: 1586911983804
com.atlassian.crowd.directory.sync.laststartsynctime: 1579025414214
Active External Directory Verification
grep "Active:" <Support Zip Location>/auth-cfg/directoryConfigurationSummary.txt
Example Output:
Active: true
Active: true
Active: true
Active: false
Active: true
Note that the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant migrates all users and groups. Contact Atlassian Support for the flexibility to chose specific users or groups to migrate.
2. Check your Jira Server version MANDATORY
Make sure Jira is running on a supported version, otherwise, the migration assistant will not work.
Click on the cog icon in the application's right upper corner
Select System
Select System Information in the left navigation panel
Finally, look for the Jira Version
Product Version Verification
grep "<product name" <Support Zip Location>/application-properties/application.xml
Example Output:
<product name="Jira" version="8.7.1"/>
3. Fix any duplicate email addresses MANDATORY
Duplicate email addresses are not supported by Jira Cloud and therefore cannot be migrated with the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant. To avoid errors, you should find and fix any duplicate email addresses before migration. If user information is managed in an LDAP Server, you will need to update emails there and sync with Jira before the migration. If user information is managed locally, you can fix them through the Jira Server or Data Center UI.
Use the query below to find duplicate email addresses (if any), the number of times these addresses repeat, as well as the users assigned to the email address:
select lower_email_address, count(lower_email_address), array_agg(user_name) as "Users with Dupe E-Mail"
from cwd_user group by lower_email_address having count(lower_email_address) > 1;
4. Make sure you have the right permissions MANDATORY
Ensure that the user who runs the migration:
has System Administrator global permissions on the Server instance
exists in the target cloud site
has Site Administrator permission in cloud
has Create issues permission for all projects you're migrating
5. Check for conflicts with group names MANDATORY
Make sure the groups in your cloud site don't have the same name as any groups in your server site, unless you're intentionally trying to merge them. Learn about how the migration assistant manages group name conflicts.
Additionally, there might be some migration scenarios that result in your server site ending up with add-on users. Add-on users are not common in the server world and they might cause a few issues during the migration to cloud. Before migrating, delete or update any of these add-on users.
Use the query below to find any of these users and either delete them or update their emails to something other than @connect.atlassian.com:
--ADD-ON USERS - TESTED ON POSTGRESQL
select * from cwd_user where lower_email_address like '%connect.atlassian.com%';
6. Update your firewall allowance rules MANDATORY
The migration assistant connects to Atlassian domains in order to run the migration. If any domain gets blocked by either a firewall or a reverse proxy, the migration will fail.
Ensure that the domains listed on Atlassian cloud IP ranges and domains will not be blocked by any security rules before running a migration. Additionally, allow these endpoints:
https://api.media.atlassian.com: Enables uploading of attachments
https://api-private.atlassian.com: Enables communication with the Atlassian Migration Platform
https://marketplace.atlassian.com: Enables us to check that the migration assistant is up to date
https://api.atlassian.com: Enables communication with the Atlassian App Migration Platform
https://migration.atlassian.com: Enables communication with Atlassian Migration Platform
https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com: Enables uploading of migration data
[DESTINATION_CLOUD_SITE]: Enables communication with your destination cloud site
7. Determine how you’ll migrate apps MANDATORY
The Jira Cloud Migration Assistant will not migrate any app or add-on data. If you have app data to migrate, contact vendors beforehand for advice on how to migrate their data properly. This includes Atlassian-built apps like Portfolio for Jira. If you need to migrate Portfolio for Jira, watch the related feature request to stay up to date.
Also note that in Jira Cloud, Portfolio is not offered as a standalone app, but the features are available as Advanced Roadmaps in Jira Software Cloud Premium. Learn more
8. Check your public access settings MANDATORY
You can configure your Jira Server or Jira Cloud site to be publicly available to the internet. Unless you intentionally want your content to be public, you should review your project permissions. If you have projects that are publicly available in Jira Server, remove their anonymous access setup before migrating to cloud. You can always make these projects public again after migrating. Learn more about checking your public access settings.
Projects
This will flag any projects that have the Browse Project permission set to Anyone.
// get list of project permission schemes which has share type as "Anyone" (i.e. open)
SELECT p.id, p.pname, ps.name FROM project p
INNER JOIN nodeassociation na ON
p.id = na.source_node_id
INNER JOIN schemepermissions sp ON
na.sink_node_id = sp.scheme
INNER JOIN permissionscheme ps ON
na.sink_node_id = ps.id
WHERE na.source_node_entity = 'Project'
AND na.sink_node_entity = 'PermissionScheme'
AND sp.permission_key='BROWSE_PROJECTS'
AND sp.perm_type='group'
AND sp.perm_parameter is null
Filters
This will get a list of filters which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
// get list of filters which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
SELECT sr.filtername, sp.sharetype AS current_share_state, sr.username AS owner_name, sr.reqcontent AS JQL
FROM searchrequest sr
INNER JOIN sharepermissions sp ON sp.entityid = sr.id
WHERE sp.sharetype='global' and sp.entitytype ='SearchRequest';
Agile Boards
This will get a list of Agile broads which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
// get list of Agile broads which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
SELECT DISTINCT "rv"."NAME" as "Board Name", sr.filtername, sp.sharetype AS current_share_state, sr.username AS owner_name
FROM "AO_60DB71_RAPIDVIEW" as rv
INNER JOIN searchrequest sr ON sr.id = rv."SAVED_FILTER_ID"
INNER JOIN sharepermissions sp ON sp.entityid = sr.id
WHERE sp.sharetype='global' and sp.entitytype ='SearchRequest';
Dashboards
This will get a list of Dashboards which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
// get list of Dashboard which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
SELECT DISTINCT pp.id as Dashboard_Id, pp.pagename AS Dashboard_name, sp.sharetype AS current_share_state, pp.username AS owner_name
FROM portalpage pp
INNER JOIN sharepermissions sp ON sp.entityid = pp.id
WHERE sp.sharetype='global' and sp.entitytype ='PortalPage'
ORDER BY pp.id;
9. Review your server setup MANDATORY
Depending on the number of issues or projects to be migrated, Jira Server might experience an OutOfMemory error that can crash the entire migration. To prevent this, ensure that your application is running with at least 4GB’s of Heap Allocation by checking the parameters outlined in Increasing Jira's Application Memory.
Also, make sure to review your Open Files limit. Ideally, it should be as close as possible to 32768. Getting the number of Open Files set to your system may vary depending on the Linux distribution. If unsure of how to check that via system commands, generate a Support Zip, open the application-properties/application.xml file and search for <max-file-descriptor>. If this number is close to 32768, adjust it accordingly. More information about it can be seen in the following documentation: Too many open files error. This doesn’t apply to those running Windows.
Ensure the value of the Xmx and Xms is at least 4096m or 4g:
grep -i "xmx"" <Support Zip Location>/application-properties/application.xml
Example Output:
<JVM-Input-Arguments>-Djava.awt.headless=true -Datlassian.standalone=JIRA -Dorg.apache.jasper.runtime.BodyContentImpl.LIMIT_BUFFER=true -Xms4g -Xmx4g
Ensure the value of <max-file-descriptor> is close to 32768
grep -i "<max-file-descriptor>"" <Support Zip Location>/application-properties/application.xml
Example Output:
<max-file-descriptor>32,000</max-file-descriptor>
If on Linux
Go to /jira-installation-directory/bin/setenv.sh file and confirm both parameters below are greater than 4096m or 4g (if it was set in gigabytes instead of megabytes):
JVM_MINIMUM_MEMORY="4096m"
JVM_MAXIMUM_MEMORY="4096m"
If on Windows, not running as a service
Go to /jira-installation-directory/bin/setenv.bat file and confirm both parameters below are greater than 4096m or 4g (if it was set in gigabytes instead of megabytes):
JVM_MINIMUM_MEMORY="4096m"
JVM_MAXIMUM_MEMORY="4096m"
If on Windows, running as a service
Follow the instructions in this article.
10. Check your server timezone (if merging cloud sites) MANDATORY
If you're using the migration assistant in order to merge Jira Cloud sites, there might be a slight shift in timezones for timestamps in issues. Jira Cloud uses UTC. If the Jira Server instance uses any other timezone, it shifts in hours based on the difference from UTC.
The workaround is to add a system flag to the Jira Server instance -Duser.timezone=UTC as outlined here.
To confirm your server timezone:
Click on the cog icon in the application's right upper corner
Select System
Select System Information in the left navigation panel
Finally, look for jvm.system.timezone
You can also use the following query to verify your server timezone:
grep "<jvm.system.timezone>" <Support Zip Location>/application-properties/application.xml
Example Output:
<jvm.system.timezone>America/New_York</jvm.system.timezone>
11. Fix any duplicate shared configuration names RECOMMENDED
To avoid migration conflicts, rename shared configuration (workflows or permission schemes) in your server instance that have the same name as shared configuration in your cloud site. If we find a conflict we may alter the name of the configuration during migration.
12. Check you won't exceed storage limits RECOMMENDED
Atlassian's cloud plans have different storage limits. Before migrating, take a few minutes to check how much disk space you're currently using and review our cloud storage documentation.
13. Prepare your server instance RECOMMENDED
To ensure that your server data migrates successfully, check the status of your data using the Database Integrity Checker (native to Jira Server) and the Integrity Check for Jira app from the Atlassian Marketplace.
Other checks and actions to perform:
all required fields must have a value, and should not be null
reactivate any archived projects that you want to migrate
reactivate any inactive user directories that you intend to migrate
For more information about cleaning up your data, see Clean up your server instance before migration.
14. Prepare your cloud site RECOMMENDED
Things to consider when setting up your cloud site:
Your cloud site must have the same Jira products enabled as your server site, excluding Jira Service Management (formerly Jira Service Desk). For example, if you have Jira Core and Jira Software on your server site, you need both on your cloud site, even if you’re not migrating Jira Core projects. This is so that all your users and groups migrate successfully. If you don’t want to use all those products after migrating, you can set up free trials for the relevant product(s) and then deactivate them after migrating.
Ensure that the language of your cloud site is the same as the language on your server site. Some fields may not migrate properly if the languages are different.
If you’re using Atlassian Access, you should set that up before migrating.
15. Back up your data RECOMMENDED
Before you run a migration, we recommend that you back up your current Jira Server site. If your destination cloud site has existing data, back up your Jira Cloud site as well.
16. Run a test migration RECOMMENDED
We strongly recommend you run a test migration before running your production migration. Check out our guidance on testing your migration.
16. Notify support of your migration plan RECOMMENDED
If you’re performing your migration over a weekend or holiday, or will have over 1,000 users in cloud, we recommend getting in touch with our migration support team at least two weeks in advance. That way, we can ensure we have extra support on hand during your migration.
Learn more about how we support cloud migrations.
Jira Site Import checklist
1. Check your Jira Server version MANDATORY
For the import to work, your backup XML file needs to be from a supported version of Jira Server or Data Center.
Click on the cog icon in the application's right upper corner
Select System
Select System Information in the left navigation panel
Finally, look for the Jira Version
Product version verification
grep "<product name" <Support Zip Location>/application-properties/application.xml
Example Output:
<product name="Jira" version="8.7.1"/>
You can cross-reference the build number to the Jira version using Jira Server Build and Versions.
Product version verification
grep 'Build #' <Backup File Location>/entities.xml
Example Output:
Build # : 100118
2. Check your XML file is valid MANDATORY
Ensure that both entities.xml and the activeobjects.xml are valid XML files. Sometimes exports from large customers with complex environments result in invalid XML structures.
Use the query below to find out if your file is valid:
xmllint --noout <Backup File Location>/entities.xml
xmllint --noout <Backup File Location>/activeobjects.xml : 100118
If the command does not produce an output, the file is valid. Any exceptions point to the spot with the formatting error.
3. Check your XML file structure MANDATORY
Ensure that the backup file is correctly structured for import. If you have a large instance, we recommend splitting your cloud backup file into a database file containing your activeobjects.xml and entities.xml, and a separate one for your attachments and other media. This can help avoid timeout errors and reduce the risk of issues on import.
Depending on if you separate data from your media and other attachments or not, make sure the resulting hierarchy matches the relevant format below:
Attachments and data
JIRA-backup-XXXXXX
├── activeobjects.xml
├── entities.xml
├── data
│ ├── attachments
│ └── avatars
└── logos
Attachments and other media only
media-only-X.zip
└─── data
├── attachments
│ ├── ProjectKey
│ │ └── 10000
│ │ ├── IssueKey-1
│ │ ├── IssueKey-2
│ │ └── IssueKey-3
│ └─── ProjectKey2
└── avatars
4. Check for failed upgrade tasks MANDATORY
Failed or pending upgrade tasks from Jira Server may cause an import to cloud to fail.
Run the following to identify any failed upgrade tasks before attempting an import into cloud:
grep '<UpgradeHistory' <Backup File Location>/entities.xml | awk 'BEGIN{ORS="\n"};{print $2}{print $5"\n"}'
Example Output:
id="10000"
status="complete"
id="10100"
status="complete"
id="10101"
status="complete"
id="10104"
status="complete"
id="10105"
status="failed"
If any upgrade tasks return with "failed", the workaround is to update them to "complete" or remove the failed upgrade tasks altogether. Make sure that the resulting XML structure is valid when removing the elements.
Once the change is made, save the file and re-zip, making sure to keep the same file structure as the original backup file.
5. Check for duplicate and invalid user emails MANDATORY
One of the most common reasons for a failed import is duplicate or invalid emails. Although import checks can capture duplicate or invalid emails, it can result in failed imports or uploads that can take time and extend a maintenance windowfor large customers. It's a best practice to try and capture these beforehand.
Duplicate users
Run the following to identify any duplicate emails (denoted by more than 1 to the left of the email):
grep 'lowerEmailAddress="'<Backup File Location>/entities.xml | awk -F\lowerEmailAddress=\" '{print $2}' | cut -d\" -f1 | sort | uniq -c
Example Output:
1 felix.test@test.com
2 fixed.test@test.com
1 florian.test@test.com
If you find duplicates, correct them on the source instance or edit the entities.xml to make them unique.
Additionally, add-on users may cause issues on migration. You can prevent these by cleaning up add-on users before importing to cloud.
Add-on users
Use the query below to find any users that meet such criteria and either delete them or update their emails on the source to reflect something other than @connect.atlassian.com:
--ADD-ON USERS - TESTED ON POSTGRESQL
select * from cwd_user where lower_email_address like 'connect.atlassian.com';
6. Check for invalid or unhandled characters MANDATORY
In older versions of Jira, it was possible to cut and paste text containing control characters into Jira issue fields. This causes problems, because Jira's backup format is XML, and XML does not allow for the storage of most control characters. When XML containing control characters is imported into Jira, the import fails with an irreversible error.
To prevent this, follow our guide to removing invalid characters from an XML backup for both entities.xml file and activeobjects.xml files.
7. Fix any duplicate workflows MANDATORY
An import may fail if there are workflows with the same name in the backup file. By design, workflows may not have the same name creating them through the user interface. However, if the workflow names have the same name but with different casing (e.g. "workflow1" vs "WORKFLOW1"), then it can lead to a failed import.
Duplicate workflows
Use the following query to make sure all of your workflow names are unique:
cat <Backup File Location>/entities.xml | grep '<Workflow id="' | cut -d " " -f7- | sort | uniq -c
Example Output:
1 name="Software Simplified Workflow for Project SER">
1 name="Software Simplified Workflow for Project SKP">
1 name="Software Simplified Workflow for Project TES">
1 name="TEST: Change Management workflow for Jira Service Desk">
1 name="TEST: Incident Management workflow for Jira Service Desk">
1 name="TEST: Jira Service Desk default workflow">
1 name="TEST: Problem Management workflow for Jira Service Desk">
1 name="TEST: Service Request Fulfilment with Approvals workflow for Jira Service Desk">
1 name="TEST: Service Request Fulfilment workflow for Jira Service Desk">
1 name="classic default workflow">
Make sure each workflow name from the output is unique (has a 1 to the left of the name). If you find duplicates, correct them on the source instance or edit the entities.xml to make them unique.
8. Fix any duplicate clustered jobs MANDATORY
An import may fail if there are duplicate clustered jobs with the same ID in the backup file. You’ll need to ensure that there are no duplicated clustered jobs' IDs prior to import, as outlined here.
Find duplicate clustered jobs
Use the query below to find any duplicate clustered jobs
SELECT * FROM clusteredjob
WHERE job_id in
(SELECT job_id FROM clusteredjob GROUP BY job_id HAVING COUNT(*)>1)
Mitigate on the source instance
Shut down JIRA and back up the database properly
Delete either of the duplicate entries:
delete from clusteredjob where id =XXXXX;
Restart Jira
First, run the following query:
grep 'ClusteredJob id="' <Backup File Location>/entities.xml | cut -d "=" -f2 | sort | uniq -c
Example Output:
1 "10001" jobId
1 "10107" jobId
1 "10201" jobId
1 "10202" jobId
1 "10204" jobId
1 "10205" jobId
1 "10300" jobId
1 "10301" jobId
1 "10302" jobId
1 "10303" jobId
1 "10304" jobId
1 "10307" jobId
1 "10308" jobId
1 "10309" jobId
1 "10311" jobId
Make sure each name from the output is unique (has a 1 to the left of the name). If you find duplicates, correct them on the source instance or edit the entities.xml to make them unique.
9. Check the length of your attachment filenames MANDATORY
An import may fail if there are attachments in the backup with a filename greater than 250 characters.
The query below will identify attachments with more than 250 characters:
SELECT id,issueid, char_length(filename)
FROM fileattachment
WHERE char_length(filename) > 250
Make sure that the command below does not identify any filenames greater than 250. It should show 0.
grep <Backup File Location>/entities.xml | cut -d\ -f9 | awk 'length > 250 {print ;}' | wc -l
Example Output:
0
If you find any files greater than 250, identify them in the entities.xml and rename them in the field filename="XXXXX.txt"
10. Check your public access settings MANDATORY
You can configure your Jira Server or Jira Cloud site to be publicly available to the internet. Unless content is meant to be public, we highly recommend reviewing project permissions that you have made publicly available in Jira Server, and remove their anonymous access setup before migrating to cloud.
Projects
This will flag any projects that have the Browse Project permission set to Anyone.
// get list of project permission schemes which has share type as "Anyone" (i.e. open)
SELECT p.id, p.pname, ps.name FROM project p
INNER JOIN nodeassociation na ON
p.id = na.source_node_id
INNER JOIN schemepermissions sp ON
na.sink_node_id = sp.scheme
INNER JOIN permissionscheme ps ON
na.sink_node_id = ps.id
WHERE na.source_node_entity = 'Project'
AND na.sink_node_entity = 'PermissionScheme'
AND sp.permission_key='BROWSE_PROJECTS'
AND sp.perm_type='group'
AND sp.perm_parameter is null
Filters
This will get a list of filters which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
// get list of filters which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
SELECT sr.filtername, sp.sharetype AS current_share_state, sr.username AS owner_name, sr.reqcontent AS JQL
FROM searchrequest sr
INNER JOIN sharepermissions sp ON sp.entityid = sr.id
WHERE sp.sharetype='global' and sp.entitytype ='SearchRequest';
Agile Boards
This will get a list of Agile broads which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
// get list of Agile broads which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
SELECT DISTINCT "rv"."NAME" as "Board Name", sr.filtername, sp.sharetype AS current_share_state, sr.username AS owner_name
FROM "AO_60DB71_RAPIDVIEW" as rv
INNER JOIN searchrequest sr ON sr.id = rv."SAVED_FILTER_ID"
INNER JOIN sharepermissions sp ON sp.entityid = sr.id
WHERE sp.sharetype='global' and sp.entitytype ='SearchRequest';
Dashboards
This will get a list of Dashboards which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
// get list of Dashboard which has share type as "share with everyone" (i.e. global)
SELECT DISTINCT pp.id as Dashboard_Id, pp.pagename AS Dashboard_name, sp.sharetype AS current_share_state, pp.username AS owner_name
FROM portalpage pp
INNER JOIN sharepermissions sp ON sp.entityid = pp.id
WHERE sp.sharetype='global' and sp.entitytype ='PortalPage'
ORDER BY pp.id;
11. Ensure you won’t exceed your cloud user limit MANDATORY
Make sure the sum of users to be migrated from server, plus any users that already exist in cloud, doesn’t exceed your subscription user tier. For example, if you have a 51-100 user subscription and try to import 110 active users, the migration will fail.
To resolve this, do one of the following:
Subscribe to a plan with a higher user limit
Reduce the number of users before migrating
Get in touch with Atlassian support to import users without product access before you migrate.
Use the queries referenced in our Get list of licensed users in Jira server guide to get the number of licensed users.
Use the query below before running a migration to verify the number of users to be migrated with your cloud plan user limit. If needed, reduce the number of users, upgrade your cloud plan, or add more users to your subscription.
grep "<Users>" <Support Zip Location>/application-properties/application.xml
Example Output:
<Users>2205</Users>
12. Check the size of your attachments RECOMMENDED
Imports into Jira Cloud that contain a large number of attachments (20+ GB uncompressed) may cause long delays or timeouts. We recommend importing your media (attachments, project avatars, and logos) separately after importing your database backup (entities.xml and activeobjects.xml files).
The first query below will identify the overall attachment size from the database. The second query will break it down by project if it needs to be assessed further.
select round(sum(filesize)/1024/1024,2)
as "Total Attachment Size(MB)"
from fileattachment
join jiraissue on jiraissue.id = fileattachment.issueid;
select round(sum(filesize)/1024/1024,2)
as "Size(MB) by Project", project.pname as "Project Name"
from fileattachment
join jiraissue on jiraissue.id = fileattachment.issueid
join project on project.id = jiraissue.project group by project.pname order by "Size(MB) by Project" desc;
13. Check for orphan data RECOMMENDED
An import may fail if there is orphan data in the backup that is not handled properly in cloud. A common scenario is null project keys.
Use the following to try to identify some of the orphan data:
If you notice a blank line in the output, you more than likely have a project key that is null and needs to be corrected by making sure the key value is not empty. Correct it in the entities.xml before importing into cloud.
XML Validity Verification
xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/entity-engine-xml/Project/@key" -n <Backup File Location>/entities.xml
Example Output:
SER
SKP
TEST
14. Check you won't exceed storage limits RECOMMENDED
Atlassian's cloud plans have different storage limits. Before migrating, take a few minutes to check how much disk space you're currently using and review our cloud storage documentation.
15. Back up your data RECOMMENDED
Before you run a migration or any of the updates recommended on this guide, we recommend that you back up your current Jira Server site so that you have a restore point. Similarly, if your destination cloud site has existing data, back up your Jira Cloud site as well in case you need to revert back post-migration for any reason. This is a best practice and adds a restore point in case the maintenance needs to be reverted.
16. Run a test migration RECOMMENDED
We strongly recommend you run a test migration before running your production migration. Check out our guidance on testing your migration.
17. Notify support of your migration plan RECOMMENDED
If you’re performing your migration over a weekend or holiday, or will have over 1,000 users in cloud, we recommend getting in touch with our migration support team at least two weeks in advance. That way, we can ensure we have extra support on hand during your migration.
Learn more about how we support cloud migrations.
More information and support
We have a number of channels available to help you with your migration.
For more migration planning information and FAQs, visit the Atlassian Cloud Migration Center.
Have a technical issue or need more support with strategy and best practices? Get in touch.
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