Changes in 8.2 That May Affect Your Upgrade

  • Users are able to upgrade from 8.1 Compact to 8.2 Compact using samedb and newdb.
  • Users are able to upgrade from 8.1 Split to 8.2 Split using samedb and newdb.
  • Users will not be able to upgrade:
    • From 8.1 Compact to 8.2 Split.
    • From 8.1 Split to 8.2 Compact.

If users need 8.2 Split installations but they are on 8.1 Compact, the required upgrade path is to:

  1. Upgrade 8.1 Compact to 8.2 Compact.
  2. Then, migrate from 8.2 Compact to 8.2 Split.

For more information on these installation options, see the Installation and Upgrade guides.

Newdb Upgrade Note

Currently, the js-upgrade-newdb.sh/bat script does not import the access, audit, monitoring data when upgrading.

However, once the upgrade process has completed, you can use the JRS UI - Import page to reimport the JRS export file that was passed in with the newdb script and select the checkboxes for including access, audit, and monitoring data. Once this import is completed, then the access, audit, monitoring data exist in the new database/release.

UI Customizations Note

If you have done any customizations for your UI (JavaScript and CSS files), you have to first perform the JasperReports Server upgrade, then get the JasperReports Server Source Packages, apply the customizations in the UI source files, rebuild them and publish into the upgraded JasperReports Server.

Simba Driver Removal

As of release 8.0.4, Simba drivers are removed from JasperReports Server.

If you have any resources that use or depend on any of the following Simba Drivers:

• athena-jdbc42 2.0.33.1003
• cassandra-jdbc42 2.0.13.1014
• impala-jdbc42 2.6.26.1031
• neo4j-jdbc42
• spark-jdbc42 2.6.22.1040

then you must manually install publicly available drivers (for example, Athena and Cassandra have the same Simba drivers publicly available). For other drivers, you must obtain the drivers that are recommended by the database vendor. After installing new drivers, update the resources in JasperReports Server to use the new drivers.