"Or with RoS automatically do the conversion of commands from the earlier versions to the newest version?"
Absolutely. The biggest changes I recall are the rework of the bridge/switch system which could change your config dramatically, but you should be able to clearly see this in the config. https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=128915 "RouterOS 6.41 contains new bridge implementation that supports hardware offloading (hw-offload). This update will convert all interface "master-port" configuration into new bridge configuration, and eliminate "master-port" option as such. Bridge will handle all Layer2 forwarding and the use of switch-chip (hw-offload) will be automatically turned on based on appropriate conditions. The rest of RouterOS Switch specific configuration remains untouched in usual menus for now. Please, note that downgrading to previous RouterOS versions will not restore "master-port" configuration, so use backups to restore configuration on downgrade." I took 5.x routers directly to 6.40.6 earlier this year. It just worked. I haven't upgraded anything to the latest (non-bugfix) because I like sleeping at night, but I know a lot of people run current. If your worried it not functioning after upgrade take the prod-config and setup a couple of other mikrotik's and get a working 'prod-lab' on the bench on 6.35 and upgrade it while watching it/checking it for functionality. On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Sam Morris via Mikrotik-users < mikrotik-users@wispa.org> 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 >
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