diff --git a/software/scripts/chroot_mounts.sh b/software/scripts/chroot_mounts.sh
index b4544204..78074880 100644
--- a/software/scripts/chroot_mounts.sh
+++ b/software/scripts/chroot_mounts.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ umount_all() {
         dst=${src_dst[1]}
 
         info "Unmounting $dst"
-        umount_output=$(sudo umount $dst 2>&1)
+        umount_output=$(sudo umount -l $dst 2>&1)
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
             # ignore messages that are not harmful
             if [[ ! $umount_output =~ ("not mounted"|"no mount point specified") ]]; then
diff --git a/software/scripts/prep-data-migration b/software/scripts/prep-data-migration
index 25c08e44..4337b50d 100644
--- a/software/scripts/prep-data-migration
+++ b/software/scripts/prep-data-migration
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Run platform upgrade prep data migration as a standalone executable
 
 import logging as LOG
 import os
+import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
@@ -231,6 +232,31 @@ class DataMigration(object):
         finally:
             devnull.close()
 
+    def create_platform_config(self):
+        """
+        Create platform config for target release
+        """
+        try:
+            platform_config_dir = os.path.join(PLATFORM_PATH, "config")
+            from_config_dir = os.path.join(platform_config_dir, self.from_release)
+            to_config_dir = os.path.join(platform_config_dir, self.to_release)
+            shutil.copytree(from_config_dir, to_config_dir)
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.exception("Failed to create platform config for release %s. "
+                          "Error: %s" % (self.to_release, str(e)))
+            raise
+
+    def create_rabbitmq_directory(self):
+        """
+        Create the target release rabbitmq directory
+        """
+        try:
+            rabbit_dir = os.path.join("/var/lib/rabbitmq", self.to_release, "mnesia")
+            os.makedirs(rabbit_dir, exist_ok=True)
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.exception("Failed to create rabbitmq directory. Error: %s" % str(e))
+            raise
+
 
 def main(sys_argv):
     args = upgrade_utils.parse_arguments(sys_argv)
@@ -285,6 +311,12 @@ def main(sys_argv):
         # Export /etc directory to $rootdir/etc
         data_migration.export_etc()
 
+        # Create platform config
+        data_migration.create_platform_config()
+
+        # Create rabbitmq directory
+        data_migration.create_rabbitmq_directory()
+
         LOG.info("Data migration preparation completed successfully.")
 
     except Exception as e:
diff --git a/software/scripts/shell-utils b/software/scripts/shell-utils
index fd564723..05cfc4fb 100644
--- a/software/scripts/shell-utils
+++ b/software/scripts/shell-utils
@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@
 # can be sourced and used by other shell scripts.
 #
 
+# If not specified by the importing
+# script defaults to USM main log file
+if [ -z $LOG_FILE ]; then
+    LOG_FILE="/var/log/software.log"
+fi
+
 log()
 {
     script_name=$(basename $0)
     log_type=$1
     shift
-    echo "$(date -Iseconds | cut -d'+' -f1): ${script_name}[${$}]: ${log_type}: ${@}"
+    echo "$(date -Iseconds | cut -d'+' -f1): ${script_name}[${$}]: ${log_type}: ${@}" 2>&1 >> $LOG_FILE
 }
 
 info() {
diff --git a/software/scripts/software-deploy-start b/software/scripts/software-deploy-start
index 20deec4d..2979133c 100755
--- a/software/scripts/software-deploy-start
+++ b/software/scripts/software-deploy-start
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 # 5. perform data migration
 #
 
-exec 2>&1 >> /var/log/software.log
+# Used by shell-utils as the log file path
+LOG_FILE="/var/log/software.log"
 
 script_dir=$(dirname $0)
 shell_utils=${script_dir}/shell-utils
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ instbr="starlingx"
 report_agent="deploy-start"
 
 deploy_cleanup() {
-    sudo ${rootdir}/usr/sbin/software-deploy/deploy-cleanup ${repo} ${rootdir} all
+    sudo ${script_dir}/deploy-cleanup ${repo} ${rootdir} all
 }
 
 deploy_update_state() {
@@ -70,10 +71,10 @@ handle_error() {
     local error_message="$2"
     local state="start-failed"
 
-    error "${error_message}" >&2
-    error "Please check the error details and take appropriate action for recovery." >&2
+    error "${error_message}"
+    error "Please check the error details and take appropriate action for recovery."
 
-    error "Update deploy state ${state}." >&2
+    error "Update deploy state ${state}."
     deploy_update_state ${state}
 
     # cleanup before exiting
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ handle_error() {
 
 for dir in $rootdir $repo; do
     if [ -e ${dir} ]; then
-        error "${dir} already exists. Please ensure to clean up environment to continue." >&2
+        error "${dir} already exists. Please ensure to clean up environment to continue."
         exit 1
     fi
 done
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ sudo ostree --repo=${repo} checkout ${commit_id} ${rootdir} || handle_error $? "
 
 # create proper mounts on deploy file system
 info "Creating mount points..."
-sudo ${rootdir}/usr/sbin/software-deploy/chroot_mounts.sh ${rootdir} || handle_error $? "Failed to mount required mount points"
+sudo ${script_dir}/chroot_mounts.sh ${rootdir} || handle_error $? "Failed to mount required mount points"
 
 sudo mount --bind ${rootdir}/usr/local/kubernetes/${k8s_ver} ${rootdir}/usr/local/kubernetes/current
 sudo cp /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf ${rootdir}/etc/kubernetes/
@@ -141,11 +142,16 @@ sudo chroot ${rootdir} /usr/bin/software-migrate ${from_ver} ${to_ver} ${port} |
 info "Data migration completed."
 
 info "Syncing feed between controllers..."
-SYNC_CONTROLLERS_SCRIPT="/usr/sbin/software-deploy/sync-controllers-feed"
-sync_controllers_cmd="${SYNC_CONTROLLERS_SCRIPT} ${cmd_line} --feed=${feed}"
+SYNC_CONTROLLERS_SCRIPT="${script_dir}/sync-controllers-feed"
+sync_controllers_cmd="${SYNC_CONTROLLERS_SCRIPT} ${cmd_line} --feed=$(dirname $feed)"
 ${sync_controllers_cmd} || handle_error $? "Failed to sync feeds"
 info "Feed sync complete."
 
+# TODO(heitormatsui) remove once sysinv upgrade tables are deprecated
+info "Creating ${to_ver} load entry in legacy upgrade table..."
+sudo -u postgres psql -d sysinv -c "insert into loads(id, uuid, state, software_version) values (nextval('loads_id_seq'), 'aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee', 'available', '${to_ver}');"
+info "Load created successfully."
+
 state="start-done"
 deploy_update_state $state
 info "Update deploy state ${state}."
diff --git a/software/scripts/sync-controllers-feed b/software/scripts/sync-controllers-feed
index 376c6f64..bf0fb552 100644
--- a/software/scripts/sync-controllers-feed
+++ b/software/scripts/sync-controllers-feed
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def sync_controllers(to_release, feed, controller):
         "--delete",
         "--exclude", "tmp",
         feed,
-        f"rsync://{controller}/feed/rel-{to_release}/"
+        f"rsync://{controller}/feed"
     ]
     subprocess.run(cmd)