Re: Upgrading procedures
First, always read the readme.txt files that come with WPMU and BuddyPress.
Second, see these links:
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/upgrading-from-10x/
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/upgrading-a-buddypress-1-0-theme-for-buddypress-1-1/
https://buddypress.org/blog/news/the-new-buddypress-theme-architecture/