Mikrotik has been know to make change to the syntax, so the new make look different that the old.
I have upgraded 100s of units from as low as 4.15 incrementally to 6.42.8 without losing anything. Not that they have much, but upgrades just work. You may not be able to copy the export to another version, though. On 8/20/2018 15:09, Sam Morris via Mikrotik-users wrote: > We have a number of devices to upgrade from 6.35 to 6.42. In testing the > upgrade in a lab, I'm finding many discrepancies in the "export" output. > > The steps I took were: > > (On the production router) export file=prod-config > > - set up an identical spare router on the same RoS as the prod router, > reset its configuration, and copy/paste the output of the export command > from the prod router into the spare router > > - upgrade the spare router to 6.42.6 > > - export the upgraded router config (export file=upgraded-spare) > > After this, I compare the differences between the files exported on the > original production router (still running 6.35.x) and the upgraded spare > router (now running 6.42.6). When doing so, I see many differences, and > am concerned that when we upgrade the production routers that they will > no longer work. > > Is there anything that may help with this? Tools, documentation, etc? Or > with RoS automatically do the conversion of commands from the earlier > versions to the newest version? > > Thanks > Sam > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik-users mailing list > Mikrotik-users@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users > -- Scott Reed SBRConsulting, LLC Network and Wireless Consulting WISPA Vendor Member IN UMC Associate Lay Leader SLI Coach Trained --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ Mikrotik-users mailing list Mikrotik-users@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users
