[Solved] All forum content missing after upgrading

nicepaul · July 2012

I upgraded from v1.1.4 to v2.0.18 but now all the content and users etc seems to be missing. http://www.video125.co.uk/forum

I followed the instructions here, which say simply to overwrite the existing files: http://code.google.com/p/lussumo-vanilla/wiki/VanillaUpgrading

I have since found these contradictory instructions which say not to overwrite the conf/, cache/, uploads/, custom themes/and custom plugins/: http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/12740/vanilla-2-upgrading-tips

I have reinstated the old uploads/ directory from my backup.

The old messages are still in the database, but not the old users. Should I ask the web host to replace the database with the backup of the old one?

Then how do I make the new installation of Vanilla see that content?

thanks, Paul

UnderDog · July 2012

You are upgrading from version 1 to version 2 so I don't think that http://code.google.com/p/lussumo-vanilla/wiki/VanillaUpgrading will apply.

Look 1 more time in the database to see if there are any users in there (at least 1 of course, but beside that single user, how many other users.

Prepare to restore the backup you created before you started (or let your webhost restore that database backup.

The way I would do it is:

Backup
Backup
Backup
Use either the Porter Plugin or the Porter Plus plugin to export the data from Vanilla 1
Install Vanilla 2.0
Import the file you created when you exported from Vanilla 1
Backup
Backup
Backup

Todd · July 2012

Vanilla 1 and Vanilla 2 are completely different animals, you can't just point Vanilla 2 at your old database. What you need to do is grab the Vanilla Porter and export your Vanilla 1 data and then import it to Vanilla 2.

nicepaul · July 2012

Thanks UnderDog, and thanks Todd.

Those instructions on Google Code say "Upgrading from 1.1+", and I was upgrading from 1.1.4 so I figured that was the correct place to look. If it's the wrong place to look, there should be a note on that page saying so, as that's what's caused these problems.

Same goes for this page, which is where I followed the link to the Google Code page from: http://lussumo.com/docs/doku.php?id=vanilla:upgrading

There's also this page, which seems to be the latest but doesn't explain what to do with the conf/ and uploads/ folders it told you to back up: http://vanillaforums.org/docs/installation-upgrade

Thanks for the tip about the Porter plugin. Once I have the database backup in place, how do I run the Porter plugin given that I only have the old database, not an installed and running version of Vanilla 1.1.4?

Worse case scenario, is there a copy of Vanilla 1.1.4 I can download from somewhere to reinstall? I have found Vanilla 1.3, but will my database work with that without going through the 1.1.4-1.3 upgrade process? http://code.google.com/p/lussumo-vanilla/downloads/list

cheers, Paul

nicepaul · July 2012

Found a copy of Vanilla 1.1.8 at the link below (labelled as 1.1.4). Shall I install that in the same location that it use to be, before restoring the database backup? Will the 1.1.4 database work with 1.1.8?

http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/Vanilla-Download-37062.html

Thanks again!

Paul

nicepaul · July 2012

Hooray! I fixed it :)

Turned out the database tables were there, but I was looking in the wrong place. I moved the old forum back to it's original location (I had only moved it, not removed it) and managed to use the Porter addon.

Thanks for all your help.

Paul

UnderDog · July 2012

I see you're using 2.0.18.4 awesome! Please make regular backups ok, and doublecheck whether everything is working the way you're expecting it to work.

avantime4mike · September 2012

Just attempted an upgrade from 2.0.?.? to 2.0.18.4 and have completely messed things up. I made a backup of my vanilla install by renaming the vanilla folder (this is what I did last time) I then copied the folder and named it vanilla again. I have overwritten all the files using "Vanilla-core-2.0.18.4" but now when i go to my forum home page i get this error message :- "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /homepages/34/d260127691/htdocs/vanilla/index.php on line 48" In the process I seem to have lost my backup folder too. Can somebody please guide an idiot in the right direction.