[Koha] upgrade 2.2.5 to 3.0.4 difficulties

[mourik jan c heupink]

Hi all,

Can anyone offer a suggestion..?

mourik jan c heupink wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having troubles upgrading our koha 2.2.5 to 3.0.4. I'll describe 
> what I have done so far, and really hope someone here can help me out.
> 
> So far I have:
> - installed a new debian machine
> - installed latest koha on it, nozebra.
> Everything seems to work well so far.
> 
> Then, to migrate our database:
> - create mysqldatadump on the old machine
> - imported mysqldatadump on new machine, using a DIFFERENT databasename
> - adjusted /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml to use the new database settings
> - followed instructions from the wiki to upgrade from 22 to 30 
> (http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=22_to_30) starting from "Koha datas to 
> update and/or add" (=the database upgrading)
> 
> Here I had to take all extra steps to succeed, such as:
> Solving the " Multiple primary key defined" error, solving the "used 
> table type doesn't support FULLTEXT indexes", solving the "Duplicate 
> entry 'XXXX' for key 1".
> 
> I followed all instructions on the wiki to solve these issues.
> 
> However, my librarian noticed that we are missing certain data in out 
> database: the serial history and borrower history is not there.
> 
> So my questions:
> - is there a better way to import the 2.2.5 data into 3.0.4, or is the 
> way I described above *the* way?
> 
> - is it possible to import the borrower / serials history as well?
> 
> - I had to take all possible extra wiki steps to solve errors I 
> encountered. Are there things I can do in my old (still running) 
> installation, so make the transition smoother..? (extra database checks? 
> add stuff to the database there, whatever..?)
> 
> Hope someone here has some ideas.
> 
> Kind regards, and thanks for taking the time to read this,
> 
> Mourik Jan
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