Upgrade from 3.2r to 3.3

[mpinch]

Is there a documented upgrade path from 3.2r to 3.3?  We have a heavily customized 3.2r install, but want to go to 3.3 without dumping all of our content.  I'm using and referring to share for the most part. 

Any suggestions on how to go about doing this?

[bnordgren]

I just tried the 3.3G nightly build and this seems to have fixed my problem. (Upgraded directly from 3.2r2 to 3.3G, dumping all the "ick" interjected by 3.3) Site dashboards load quickly, load averages are normal, and….

I still get:

11:57:14,696 ERROR [org.apache.pdfbox.filter.FlateFilter] Stop reading corrupt stream‍

Plus the document libraries are empty. (although the files must still be there because some of the files were images that I put on wiki pages, and the images are still showing up.)

And I cannot connect to Alfresco via Sharepoint.

[bnordgren]

In order to get my Document Library back, I had to rename "share-config-custom.xml.sample" without the trailing sample, edit to remove the fake type definitions ("mytype" "mysubtype" or something like that), and fix the repository URL. Then restart Alfresco.

While I was in there I enabled the RepositoryLibrary.

Effect:

1. The contents of the document library have returned.


2. I can connect via sharepoint.


3. Displaying the site dashboard does not cause the pdfbox error noted above.


4. The modification time of the files in the document library are updated to now, and I'm listed as the person who updated them.


5. Load averages are still "normal/low".


6. There is an unnaturally large space at the top of my pages (separating the top banner containing "My Dashboard" and the banner advertising the name of the Site)


7. Expected to see "Repository" in the share banner, but it is not there. It's also not in the "Customize site" page as an option.

[bnordgren]

Final update (from me):

I was looking in the wrong place for the "Repository" link (it's up in the top banner next to "People" and "Sites").

By applying a different theme to the Share site (e.g. "Green Theme") the ugly space at the top went away. Once the spacing is back to normal, I was able to switch back to "Default Theme" again.

[mikeh]

Final update (from me):

I was looking in the wrong place for the "Repository" link (it's up in the top banner next to "People" and "Sites").

By applying a different theme to the Share site (e.g. "Green Theme") the ugly space at the top went away. Once the spacing is back to normal, I was able to switch back to "Default Theme" again.

That's almost certainly a browser caching issue. It's a good idea to make sure you do a forced refresh when a lot of client-side CSS and JavaScript has been updated (such as a version upgrade on the server).

By the way, it's a much better idea to have the share-config-custom.xml in the Tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension folder (create the structure if you've not got it) as then a .war file redeploy won't overwrite your customisations.

Thanks,
Mike

[sb1017]

Hi,
I tried to restore the database of my 3.2 version with mysqldumper. Afterwards version 3.3 does not work any more…

What I have to do in Step4 of the General Restore Process (Restore the database from the database backups)?
- I copy the content of my v3.2-DB into the v3.3-DB?
- I replace v3.3 DB with v3.2 DB?

I also could imagine that the restore did not work because of the tools I used (phpmyadmin and mysqldumper), because they are having problems with innoDB. What's the best way to make the dump and restore on a windows server?

Thanks
Sebastian

[asta-tu-da]

I just tried the 3.3G nightly build and this seems to have fixed my problem. (Upgraded directly from 3.2r2 to 3.3G, dumping all the "ick" interjected by 3.3) Site dashboards load quickly, load averages are normal, and….

Hi,

is the nightly build the official download or to I have to get it somewhere else? Is it a offical release or does it have some kind of "experimental" or "beta" status?

Thanks!

Regards,
Ivan

[mrogers]

The "nightly" build has no status at all other that its last night's build. 

At this particular time its probably O.K. since head is fairly stable as community 3.3 G is finalized.

The "official" releases are taken from "candidate builds" which are taken when development is known to be in a complete state.   They are tested and have release notes etc.

[bnordgren]

By the way, it's a much better idea to have the share-config-custom.xml in the Tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension folder (create the structure if you've not got it) as then a .war file redeploy won't overwrite your customisations.

Yup. That's what I did. I believe that part of the install instructions specify that you copy the sample files over to the tomcat/shared… directory, so a filename without a directory specification is ambiguous. Sorry.

[mikeh]

By the way, it's a much better idea to have the share-config-custom.xml in the Tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension folder (create the structure if you've not got it) as then a .war file redeploy won't overwrite your customisations.

Yup. That's what I did. I believe that part of the install instructions specify that you copy the sample files over to the tomcat/shared… directory, so a filename without a directory specification is ambiguous. Sorry.

Wrong discussion thread..?

[jocke]

Hi,

Is there any solution to this problem? We also have the same issue with slow/hung dashboards after upgrade from 3.2r2 to 3.3. I had to roll back te upgrade.

Note: I tried using the latest nightly build yesterday, but I got the same problem.

Devs?