# Updating Ignition from 7.8 to 8.1 PLUS moving to a new server

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition78, ignition81\
**Created:** [June 22, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-ignition-from-7-8-to-8-1-plus-moving-to-a-new-server/61055 "2022-06-22T12:41:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-ignition-from-7-8-to-8-1-plus-moving-to-a-new-server/61055/2 "2022-06-22T12:52:57Z")

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See this post for some gotchas

> [@Undocumented changes when migrating from v7 to v8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/undocumented-changes-when-migrating-from-v7-to-v8/38044):
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> Just some items I’ve found during v7 to v8 upgrades that may not be documented (some of them might be) and can cause hiccups (and quite a bit of work, relatively speaking!). The official guide to upgrading from IA is [here](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Ignition+8+Upgrade+Guide). Tags: UDT v7 property UDTParentType has been renamed in v8 to TypeId Tag quality string values have changed. E.g. EDITED FOR 8.1.10 below 8.1.10 “Not Found” ==\> “Bad\_NotFound”; “Disabled” ==\> “Bad\_Disabled”; 8.1.10 and above “Bad\_NotFound(Error description…)”, “Bad\_ErrorC…

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