Hi, Hi, I'm a complete newcomer to the world of Koha. We have an installation of Koha 2.2.5 at a remote site, and we wish to migrate the data to a new server running 3.4. Simply importing the MySQL dump file doesn't seem to do the trick - I get the borrowers but not the bibs etc. I've searched the archives, but most information about in-situ upgrades. Anyone point me in the right direction doco-wise? Peter Thompson Information Technology & Communications Unit Bendigo TAFE
Hi Peter, perhaps this wiki page can help you : http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Upgrading_2.2 Katrin From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Peter Thompson Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 7:35 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Migration from 2.2.5 to 3.4 Hi, Hi, I’m a complete newcomer to the world of Koha. We have an installation of Koha 2.2.5 at a remote site, and we wish to migrate the data to a new server running 3.4. Simply importing the MySQL dump file doesn’t seem to do the trick – I get the borrowers but not the bibs etc. I’ve searched the archives, but most information about in-situ upgrades. Anyone point me in the right direction doco-wise? Peter Thompson Information Technology & Communications Unit Bendigo TAFE
On 12/08/11 15:35, Peter Thompson wrote:
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Hi, I'm a complete newcomer to the world of Koha. We have an installation of Koha 2.2.5 at a remote site, and we wish to migrate the data to a new server running 3.4.
Simply importing the MySQL dump file doesn't seem to do the trick -- I get the borrowers but not the bibs etc. I've searched the archives, but most information about in-situ upgrades. Anyone point me in the right direction doco-wise?
Hi Peter, There are significant differences in data base structure between Koha 2.x and Koha 3.x. If you are attempting to upgrade you should probably go to Koha 3.0, then upgrade again to 3.4. There are upgrade instructions in the documentation for 3.0 at http://koha-community.org/download-koha/ . The alternative is to export your data from Koha 2.2.5 and use it to populate a fresh install of Koha 3.4. The main issue will be organising the 952 tag of the marc records. You can see what is required at Administration/Koha to Marc Mapping (Items). When you've imported your bibs, you have to start the Zebra indexing engine (which is perhaps why you are seeing nothing at present). You can also obtain the data for members, current loans and reading history from your existing data base and import those. Many may disagree with me, but that is my preferred route.Its arguable which is quicker, but imho the result will be cleaner. Hope that helps, Bob Birchall CALYX
Hi Peter, I have just performed something similar. The information on the wiki is useful but there are lots of omissions in the document. For instance, there is no mention of how (or where) to install the 3.0 file structure. I tired many different methods but in the end I found the easiest was to do the following: - Bring up a new Koha system on the first release of Koha 3.000. - Dump the Koha 2.x database - Load the 2.2 database on the new 3.0 system - Preform the upgrade steps as listed here (http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Upgrading_2.2 ) - Once the steps are taken you can then open the Webinf and run the database upgrade (if needed) - You can then continue up to the latest version of Koha Like I said, I just completed this and it went well. However, this will only take your data and if you have any customisations to your system you will need to migrate them another way. Regards Barry http://www.oslo.ie From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Peter Thompson Sent: 12 August 2011 06:35 To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Migration from 2.2.5 to 3.4 Hi, Hi, I'm a complete newcomer to the world of Koha. We have an installation of Koha 2.2.5 at a remote site, and we wish to migrate the data to a new server running 3.4. Simply importing the MySQL dump file doesn't seem to do the trick - I get the borrowers but not the bibs etc. I've searched the archives, but most information about in-situ upgrades. Anyone point me in the right direction doco-wise? Peter Thompson Information Technology & Communications Unit Bendigo TAFE
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