# Moving tags from 7.8.5 to 8.1.x **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406 "2020-11-06T20:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/1 "2020-11-06T20:05:12Z")
Can I just export and import the tags from 7.8.5 to 8.1.x?Thx,jake ---
**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:** [November 6, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/2 "2020-11-06T20:08:47Z")
If it’s a new install of 8.1.x the default OPC UA server name will be slightly different. But why would you do this instead of upgrade or restore a backup instead? ---
**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/3 "2020-11-06T20:12:02Z")
I’m building it on my local system first. ---
**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/4 "2020-11-09T19:01:11Z")
Anybody have any thoughts. I’m assuming above I can just search and replace the opcua server name and they will import and work right away. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/5 "2020-11-09T19:01:58Z")
You can search and replace, yes. But what about all your devices? Those aren’t part of a tag import/export. ---
**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/6 "2020-11-09T19:03:32Z")
Oh crap, forgot about that, can I import and export those as well? I have a couple thousand and would really not like doing that by hand.Thx, Jake ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/7 "2020-11-09T19:04:40Z")
They’ll be part of a full gateway backup. You can’t import/export them any other way. ---
**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/8 "2020-11-09T19:08:38Z")
Is upgrading our current server safe? We use vision on it, so if that can continue to work while I do the perception stuff it seems like a better way to handle this, we use the historian as well. We also use vnc on local servers for mobile access, that that still work the same?Thx ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/9 "2020-11-09T19:09:26Z")
It’s safe in theory, but I would not recommend that you do it. 7.8 to 8.1 is a big enough change that you should be upgrading or installing on a development server and verifying that everything works. ---
**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-tags-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-x/40406/10 "2020-11-09T19:11:55Z")
Is the linux stuff the same? Is it based on java, with an app to get the vision app running. We are in the cloud, so I can just clone the drive, spin up another and then change the ip’s if everthing is good.Thx