# Licence from 7.8 to 7.9? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** license, ignition79\ **Created:** [March 30, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/licence-from-7-8-to-7-9/71839 "2023-03-30T15:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/licence-from-7-8-to-7-9/71839/1 "2023-03-30T15:55:45Z")
I have a 7.8.2 which has the following modules licensed - ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/d/3dfdb389fc8155ac36e16104f3c5f3e5c2466c4e.png) I want to upgrade it to 7.9.4 so the version matches a sister production line that does the same processes so I can more or less use the same scripts on both. Starting the update I get a ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/a/8a4e098b8b2be6e9c979559f933fc9a6815d8ddb.png) Will this affect the modules I have licensed and I cannot upgrade? Would upgrading this now require another license? I thought since this was all in the 7.X family it was ok but I am not sure now. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/licence-from-7-8-to-7-9/71839/2 "2023-03-30T15:59:02Z")
You need to check with your sales rep to see if that license is eligible. 7.8 to 7.9 is still a major version change. ---
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/licence-from-7-8-to-7-9/71839/3 "2023-03-30T15:59:21Z")
Thank you will do. ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/licence-from-7-8-to-7-9/71839/4 "2023-03-30T18:03:48Z")
Other than the license, some other considerations; > [@Upgrading from 7.8.5](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-from-7-8-5/54276/7): > > Concur with Phil. “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail”. For 7.8…x to 7.9.x you’re looking at a minimum of one 15 minute outage. Prior to the day planned as per attached PDF, I took a GWBK and ran in a sandbox with 10X testing for a month (10X means, if normally 3K tags, use a script to generate another 27K, if normally 10 clients open, run 100, etc). Contact your IA sales rep and they should assist with a 30-day temp licence for this, or if you are an Integrator, avail of your R&D license. A 7.… 7.9.4 has some potential bugs, and a known security vulnerability. If you do bring this 7.8 to 7.9, you should really bring both of these 79's then to 7.9.21 7.9 in general is **out of support** since end of June **2022**. Consider plans for an 81 migration ---
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/licence-from-7-8-to-7-9/71839/5 "2023-03-30T18:06:30Z")
The customer is most likely not going to pay for a 81 migration. Can't upgrade the 7.8 anyways, we didn't have upgrade protection. So it's going to be staying 7.8. I appreciate the links. I'll see about bringing 7.9.4 to .21 but this line also almost never has downtime so it's hard to schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/licence-from-7-8-to-7-9/71839/6 "2023-03-30T18:11:57Z")
> [@bkarabinchak.psi](#): > > Can't upgrade the 7.8 anyways, we didn't have upgrade protection. So it's going to be staying 7.8. Fair, 7.8 was never LTS, if this like the 79 never stops production then reading between the lines it's _one of those customers_ that wants to run a continuous system, unsupported, then advise via email your recommendation and move on... ---
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/licence-from-7-8-to-7-9/71839/7 "2023-03-30T18:17:58Z")
Yea wild that they left 7.8 on this system since its not LTS. The 78 system is used once in a blue moon so it will never get updated I feel and the 79 system that runs non stop - yup you nailed it, one of those lol. I'll cover myself and move on.