topic What to backup before upgrade in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664441#M1262188 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><STRONG>Hi</STRONG></P><P></P><P>I am planning to upgrade a server running QlikView Server &amp; Publisher 11.2 SR3 to SR6.</P><P></P><P>Are there any particular folders anyone would recommend backing up beforehand ?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Many Thanks,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <STRONG>Bill</STRONG></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT Anonymous 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z What to backup before upgrade https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664441#M1262188 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><STRONG>Hi</STRONG></P><P></P><P>I am planning to upgrade a server running QlikView Server &amp; Publisher 11.2 SR3 to SR6.</P><P></P><P>Are there any particular folders anyone would recommend backing up beforehand ?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Many Thanks,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <STRONG>Bill</STRONG></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664441#M1262188 Anonymous 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Re: What to backup before upgrade https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664442#M1262190 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Bill</P><P></P><P>Upgrading Qlik from 11.2 SR3 to 11.2 sr6 is straight forward.</P><P></P><P>I would recommend you to go with 11.2 sr7. Is there any specific reason you choose SR6?</P><P></P><P>To be on a safe side I recommend you to take backup of C:\ProgramData\QlikTech folder</P><P>alongside with the root folder of your server where you host document for end users.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>ASHFAQ</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:04:19 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664442#M1262190 ashfaq_haseeb 2014-08-12T12:04:19Z Re: What to backup before upgrade https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664443#M1262193 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><UL><LI>C\ProgramData\QlikTech&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Or, ....Application Data\QlikTech (based on your OS)</LI><LI>all your User Documents and Source Documents</LI><LI>backup a copy of the file config.xml</LI><LI>and if any seperate qvd/dat folder </LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:05:06 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664443#M1262193 tresB 2014-08-12T12:05:06Z Re: What to backup before upgrade https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664444#M1262196 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Bill,</P><P></P><P>Generally I make a backup of the whole C Drive before doing a backup.</P><P></P><P>Regards,<BR />Marius</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:19:48 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664444#M1262196 2014-08-12T12:19:48Z Re: What to backup before upgrade https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664445#M1262199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Many thanks for the replies</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:43:32 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-to-backup-before-upgrade/m-p/664445#M1262199 Anonymous 2014-08-12T12:43:32Z