> Hello,

Hello Timo

> I'm currently running Bacula 7.0.5 on CentOS 7 system. Bacula is installed
> from epel-bacula repo:
> https://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/slaanesh/bacula7/epel-7/x86_64/
> Database used is mariadb, mysql-compatible.
> 
> Now I'm planning to upgrade to 9.2.2 provided by Bacula Community, but still
> stay with mysql/mariadb.
> 
> Since the old and new versions use significantly different packaging options
> and file locations, I obviously need to un-install the old version, and then
> make a "fresh" 9.2.2 install (skipping the database creation steps)
> 
> 
> I couln't find information if the same catalog database format is used in
> 7.0.5 and 9.2.2, or if I'll need to upgrade the catalog?

The Catalog version is different. 

> Since this technically won't be an rpm-upgrade but a fresh install, the
> catalog obviously needs to be updated manually (if necessary at all)
> 
> If a catalog upgrade is needed, will it be a simple run of some script, or
> does it possibly need several more complicated steps (if there is a big
> enough difference in catalog version numbers)?

Just run the following script after the new version install [1]: 

/opt/bacula/scripts/update_bacula_tables

[1] 
http://bacula.us/bacula-centos-rhel-enterprise-and-bacula-org-packages-update-via-yum/

> Thanks,
> Timo

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