# Upgradation on sonatype iq server from release 131 to release 145 **URL:** \ **Category:** Sonatype Lifecycle & Firewall\ **Tags:** nexus-iq\ **Created:** [October 13, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/upgradation-on-sonatype-iq-server-from-release-131-to-release-145/9445 "2022-10-13T05:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ag81695](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@ag81695](https://community.sonatype.com/u/ag81695)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/upgradation-on-sonatype-iq-server-from-release-131-to-release-145/9445/1 "2022-10-13T05:36:23Z")
I am trying to upgrade my nexus iq from release 131 to release 145. while i have made all the changes as mention in the release document, but still i am not able to bring up the server. error :- Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 nohup: 2022-10-13 05:30:08,628+0000 INFO [main] \*SYSTEM com.sonatype.insight.brain.db.DatabaseMigrator - Current version of database insight\_brain\_ods: 245 Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 nohup: 2022-10-13 05:30:08,628+0000 INFO [main] \*SYSTEM com.sonatype.insight.brain.db.DatabaseMigrator - Migrating database schema insight\_brain\_ods to version: 268 Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 systemd: Removed slice User Slice of root. Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch: [log4j-hotpatch] JVM version is openjdk version “11.0.16.1” 2022-08-12 LTS Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 root: JVM version is openjdk version “11.0.16.1” 2022-08-12 LTS Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch: [log4j-hotpatch] Identified JVM[openjdk] of (openjdk version “11.0.16.1” 2022-08-12 LTS) with major version 11 Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 root: Identified JVM[openjdk] of (openjdk version “11.0.16.1” 2022-08-12 LTS) with major version 11 Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 nohup: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fatal error trying to start server Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 nohup: at com.sonatype.insight.brain.service.InsightBrainService$2.onError(InsightBrainService.java:177) Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 nohup: at io.dropwizard.cli.Cli.run(Cli.java:82) Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 nohup: at com.sonatype.insight.brain.service.InsightBrainService.run(InsightBrainService.java:192) Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 nohup: at com.sonatype.insight.brain.service.InsightBrainService.main(InsightBrainService.java:114) Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 nohup: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot migrate database. The backup directory ‘/./sonatype-work/clm-server/data/backup’ already exists, indicating that a previous migration failed. Please contact support for further assistance. Oct 13 05:30:08 ip-172-31-80-27 nohup: at com.sonatype.insight.brain.db.DatabaseMigrator.migrate(DatabaseMigrator.java:120) please take a look and let me know the proper solution to that. ---
**Author:** ![dsawa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.sonatype.com/dsawa/32/729_2.png) [@dsawa](https://community.sonatype.com/u/dsawa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/upgradation-on-sonatype-iq-server-from-release-131-to-release-145/9445/2 "2022-10-13T08:26:16Z")
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