Add anchor for Drain PQ; remove PQ version numbers

Fixes #9800
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Karen Metts 2018-06-28 21:25:37 -04:00 committed by karen.metts
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in earlier versions.
[[upgrading-logstash-pqs]]
=== Upgrading Persistent Queue
=== Upgrading with the Persistent Queue Enabled
The following applies only if you are upgrading from Logstash version 6.2.x or
earlier with the persistent queue enabled.
We regret to say that due to several serialization issues in Logstash 6.2.x and
earlier, users will have to take some extra steps when upgrading Logstash with
the persistent queue enabled. While we strive to maintain backward compatibility
within a given major release, these bugs require us to break that compatibility
in version 6.3.0 to ensure correctness of operation. For more technical details
on this issue, please check our tracking github issue for this matter,
https://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/9494[#9494].
The following applies only if you are upgrading Logstash and have the persistent
queue enabled.
[[drain-pq]]
==== Drain the Persistent Queue
If you are upgrading from Logstash version 6.2.x or earlier and use the persistent
queue, we strongly recommend that you drain or delete the persistent queue
before you upgrade.
If you use the persistent queue, we strongly recommend that you drain or delete
it before you upgrade.
To drain the queue: