The DB Upgrade Client is a to upgrade your Liferay database.
- Liferay deployed to an application server.
- Download the latest version of the tool.
- Unzip (We recommend: ${liferayHome}/tools/portal-tools-db-upgrade-client)
- Run java -jar com.liferay.portal.tools.db.upgrade.client.jar
Alternative method:
- install jpm
- Run jpm install com.liferay.portal.tools.db.upgrade.client
- Run liferay-upgrade-db
The first time you run the tool it will configure properties for your installation of Liferay. You may chose to do this manually by configuring app-server.properties, portal-upgrade-database.properties, and portal-upgrade-ext.properties.
The tool will also automatically connect to GoGo shell after the upgrade. This will allow you to check the status of any module upgrades.
--jvmOpts - set any jvm options for the upgrade process --logFile - use a custom name for your log file