3.10 release notes: add info that existing indexes should be backed up
Add information that existing indexes should be backed up before upgrade
in case there is a need to rollback
Change-Id: I406026934479d8211212b689483bd81016cb8baf
diff --git a/pages/site/releases/3.10.md b/pages/site/releases/3.10.md
index 0698b6d..5803a7f 100644
--- a/pages/site/releases/3.10.md
+++ b/pages/site/releases/3.10.md
@@ -198,9 +198,13 @@
If you’re upgrading from 3.8 or an earlier version, you must use the Offline
upgrade steps below, because of the Lucene upgrade mentioned above.
+> Note that it is advised to backup existing indexes prior the upgrade in case
+> there is a need to rollback as already existing indexes are affected.
+
### Offline upgrade
- Download the new gerrit.war
- Stop Gerrit
+- Backup the existing indexes in case a rollback is required
- Ensure all installed plugins are compatible with the new API
- Run init `java -jar gerrit.war init -d site_path --batch`
- Reindex if you are upgrading from a 3.9 versions you don’t need to run reindex
@@ -224,12 +228,13 @@
1. Shutdown all migrated Gerrit servers
2. Update the gerrit.war and plugins to the previous v3.9 version
-3. Run offline reindexing using the previous gerrit.war version
+3. Restore all indexes from backup
+4. Run offline reindexing using the previous gerrit.war version
```sh
java -jar gerrit.war init -d site_path --batch
java -jar gerrit.war reindex -d site_path
```
-4. Startup Gerrit server
+5. Startup Gerrit server
### Native packaging
Updated almalinux to 9.3.
