[support] Extra measures to take before upgrading?

[Jeff]

On 26 May 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jorge Biquez wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> Excuse in advance for the question, maybe too simple...
>
> This will be my first upgrade after the security advice I received. I
> am on Drupal 7.0. I have read in detail the instructions and I have a
> full backup in my hard disk now (local) I will do the same wit5h the
> database in a few moments. I understand correctly what they say to do
> (I guess).
>
> A couple of questions
>
>  1) It is no the same if I upload ALL the content of the upgrade
> without deleting all folders before?

It really depends on how your FTP access works.

IOW, be careful!

>  2) Any extra advise you have for newbie people in Drupal before
> doing with the upgrade?

Backup first? (Always backup first!)

The database (mysqldump -p mydatabase > mydatabse.backup.sql) is one  
thing, but you really have to know how your cp /scp / ftp defaults for  
copying data files work within old files/directories.

Aside: I noticed this issue on Linux where a cp -R automatically  
overwrites directories as expected; but with the filezilla  
application, the default left old files in place.

Sometimes you want that behavior, but you always want to be aware of  
how and when it's happening.

BACKUP! :)