Upgrading soon......Have a question....

Right now I'm running 6.1.6 on OpenSuSE 11.1. I will be installing a new server (opensuse 11.4) and installing the most recent dolphin on it. I cannot do an upgrade on the same server because OpenSuSE 11.1 is currently not being supported for updates and since it's a public facing server, I need to be able to download the most recent security updates.

That being said, I will eventually need to transfer my current license to the new server. Will the 6.1.6 serial number work fine on 7.0?

And are there any migration tools available so that I can transfer the data from my 6.1.6 installation to 7.0?

Let me emphasize, the "in-place" upgrade is not an option for me. I do not want to install anything on a production server  (even though it's installed to a subdirectory,  I don't want to risk messing anything up).

If you currently have a license for dolphin, then you are good. the license is based on the domain and not the version. So if you change your domain name, the you will need to reset your license key. You can do that in the My Licenses section of your Unity profile.

There are migration tools available for migrating users/content from 616 to 7.0. Its works for some and not for others. The trick is to make sure your cron job are setup properly. If you are going to 7.0.3, then you will need to follow the upgrade paths (7.0.0 > 7.0.1 > 7.0.2 , etc.)

I won't be doing an actual upgrade since I will be doing a fresh install of 7.0.6 on a totally different server. My database server is a separate box and it will stay the same. The new database will be on that same database server. So I will need to somehow migrate the data from one database to another. Where can I find the tools to perform that task?

There is a Migration tool within Dolphin 7. You will need to install it from Admin Panel > Tools > Modules and look for 'Data migration from Dolphin 6.1.6' in the uninstalled modules area.

Remember: If you cron jobs are not setup correctly this WILL NOT work.

Can read about it here: http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/6.1.6to7.0

(Note: I am not completely positive that this will work when the Databases are on a completely different server. May need some chiming in from someone else on this one)

EDIT: You cannot use this tool if your Dolphin installs are on 2 different servers!

damn! I need to find a way to migrate it.

Does anyone know of a tool that I can use that will allow me to export the data from my 6.1.6 and import it to my 7.0.6 install which resides on a completely different server?

Honestly, you are going to have a bit of a hard time with this since the database structure and table naming convention has changed since 6.1.6.

There may be someone here that can do some custom SQL scripting for you that help you out, but you may want to post that in the Jobs section.

You could always just temporarily move your sites onto the same server for the migration; it shouldn't be too difficult.

Normally the reason it would just sit there and do nothing is because of two possible issues:

1 - Cron Job was not properly configured

2 - The Profiles table was modified from its original format (ex. 3rd party modules making alterations to the profile table)

Here is something I wrote regarding Crons as well as migrations that might help. Also notice 'how to run the cron manually'

http://www.boonex.com/unity/forums/topic/Troubleshooting-Crons-Videos-Migrations-RMS.htm

Cron is pretty simple. I'm certain it's running correctly. However the profile thing could be a possibility since I have a custom module installed. If that is the case then I definitely need to find a different way of migrating the data.

I'm hoping someone wrote a tool out there that allows me to export data from my 6.1.6 database and import it to my 7.0.6 database. I need to make sure it transfers over all of my custom fields, site settings, language keys, and all other language settings without a problem.

Any ideas?

Sorry, I do not. Since the database schema and naming convention has changed since then It may be a little difficult to find something to will upgrade from 6.1.6 directly to 7.0.6. I havent seen any tools that will do what you want.