Comments on: Forum Migration Failed http://blog.tazzu.com/2009/08/01/forum-migration-failed/ Vancouver Business & Technology Community Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rastin Mehr http://blog.tazzu.com/2009/08/01/forum-migration-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-2993 Rastin Mehr Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:54:22 +0000 http://blog.tazzu.com/?p=227#comment-2993 In general http admin tools are not always reliable, becuase of timeout issue. Nothing beats the good old command line. Yes PHPB3 patches seem broken too. I had to try different patches, even tried going from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 or 3.0.4 in stages and seems like any migration from .2 was not working properly. We won't be going back to phpbb3 anymore. we have about half of the data recovered so hopefully 6 weeks from now Tazzu will be back on a decent social web platform. A traditional forum was a temporary solution from the beginning. In general http admin tools are not always reliable, becuase of timeout issue. Nothing beats the good old command line.

Yes PHPB3 patches seem broken too. I had to try different patches, even tried going from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 or 3.0.4 in stages and seems like any migration from .2 was not working properly.

We won’t be going back to phpbb3 anymore. we have about half of the data recovered so hopefully 6 weeks from now Tazzu will be back on a decent social web platform. A traditional forum was a temporary solution from the beginning.

]]> By: Johan Cyprich http://blog.tazzu.com/2009/08/01/forum-migration-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-2939 Johan Cyprich Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:37:01 +0000 http://blog.tazzu.com/?p=227#comment-2939 I had the same problem upgrading a phpBB 3.0.0 forum to version 3.0.4. The upgrade failed and the database was corrupt. Fortunately, I have a cron job making daily backups of the db so I was able to go back to a working version. The mistake I made was assuming that the upgrade would go smoothly. Its always a good idea to upgrade a duplicate site on another server first to make sure it works. I had a similar experience upgrading a WordPress site where it failed and I was forced to go back the previous working version. I had the same problem upgrading a phpBB 3.0.0 forum to version 3.0.4. The upgrade failed and the database was corrupt. Fortunately, I have a cron job making daily backups of the db so I was able to go back to a working version.

The mistake I made was assuming that the upgrade would go smoothly. Its always a good idea to upgrade a duplicate site on another server first to make sure it works. I had a similar experience upgrading a WordPress site where it failed and I was forced to go back the previous working version.

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