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What Grafana version and what operating system are you using?
Grafana 11.1.0 - Windows Server 2022
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What are you trying to achieve?
I would like to upgrade to Grafana 11.1.3, because the sub-folder feature is causing issues with alert mapping and such.
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How are you trying to achieve it?
Not sure, hence why I’m asking.
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What happened?
I have taken backup of the Data & Config folder.
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What did you expect to happen?
My assumption is that a new installation of Grafana will overwrite existing Data & Conf files.
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Did you follow any online instructions? If so, what is the URL?
I couldn’t find any.
I mainly want to know what the best practice for upgrading Grafana on Windows Server is, so I don’t mess anything up. 
Well if you are only looking for a guide:
Backup:
C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\grafana\data
C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\grafana\conf
Download new version:
Go to the Grafana Download page and download the latest version.
Uninstall the actual version:
Stop the running Grafana instance.
Go to Control Panel > Programs >Programs and Features.
Find Grafana in the list, select it, and click Uninstall.
Install new version
Run the installer you downloaded
Restore configuration
Config Folder: After the installation completes, copy your backed-up configuration files (e.g., grafana.ini
) into the new conf
directory.
Data Folder: Copy your backed-up data into the new data
directory.
If the new version introduces changes to the configuration format, you may need to adjust your config files accordingly. Check the Grafana Documentation.
I don’t think there’s really more things… Just stay focused on what you are doing during the backup and the restoration part and everything will be good.
If you are really worried, you can do a snapshot of your VM (if it’s virtual), or build another server and copy your actual as a backup.
Thank you so much for the reply. 
Will be trying this later today.
Hello, were you able to make grafana 11.1 on windows server run without any issues?
I was trying to install gfn 11.4 and 11.5 in win server 2022 but the web ui just does not open.
I will try downgrading to gfn version 11.1.0 instead if you could let me know if you did not face any issue with any configuration and to make it running.