I have been using Influx DB 1.8 on my Windows server for several years now. New implementations require Influx 2 , so I decided to upgrade. Downloaded the windows 64 binary and extracted the only exe file “influxd.exe” available. I ran it with the “upgrade” parameter as I read in the upgrade docu…

Mostly likely due to missing expected directory in your 1.x data structure (influxdb-data - data, wal, meta and wal’s subdirectories etc). The upgrade process requires all expected directories to be present.

Ok but this is my working data directory. If something is missing, how does it work ? It works totally fine with Influx 1 And if it is missing something that’s not required on runtime, then how can I repair the directories ? There should be a way to import to Influx 2 , right ?

Or use Node-RED: [image] Using Node-RED to transfer data from InfluxDB 1.7 to 2.3, but receiving... General Thank you @Colin. I needed some more time to think about this, and I got it all working well using a single function …

Upgrading from 1.x to 2.7 on Windows

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suyash September 25, 2025, 5:54pm 4

You might find discussion here helpful;: Move data from Influx V1 to Influx V2 - #10 by wfjm

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Upgrading from 1.x to 2.7 on Windows

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