# Mirror then Upgrade a Gateway Server

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, ignition81\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mirror-then-upgrade-a-gateway-server/80728 "2023-10-19T21:07:17Z")\
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**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:** [October 19, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mirror-then-upgrade-a-gateway-server/80728/4 "2023-10-19T22:26:20Z")

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> [@Ignition 8.1.x?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-1-x/53755):
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> I am preparing for my first migration from 79 to 81, planned for end Q1 '22. There are plenty of guides and forum posts on the migration itself. My question is, which version of 8.1? Go for the latest, find out what bugs are in it, and if they don’t affect the sandbox, leave it on that until a newer version comes out with a feature that I want? Reading through the nightly changelogs will take quite some time. Has anyone got a matrix of minor version/bugs/features? It’s vision to vision, no…

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