I have tried a couple times to upgrade from Alfresco Community 3.4d to Alfresco 4.0b (with patch), as well as a nightly build of Alfresco 4.0c. I can upgrade to a clean empty 4.0b instance, but when I try to move the 3.4d repository data and database back into place, I can no longer get into /share or /alfresco (404 errors). I'm hoping that someone may be able to tell me what I'm doing wrong with the data backup and restore procedure. I am running on Red Hat Linux 5. I have a separate app server and Mysql database server.
I followed the Wiki page regarding Backup and Restore, but it is not particularly specific.
To backup I do these steps: 1) Stop Alfresco App and htpd process; 2) Run mysqldump command on Alfresco Database to dump current database to a file (alfresco_bkup.sql); 3) Make a copy of the entire alf_data repository directory structure in a /temp directory; 4) I remove all tables from the Alfresco Mysql database, leaving the database and permissions for the alfresco user in place; 5) I create an empty alf_data directory for the upgrade.
Then I do the upgrade steps. I can log into 4.0b fine at this point.
To restore I do these steps: 1) Making sure the Alfresco App is stopped, I delete all the tables that were created in the Mysql database during the upgrade. Then I run the command "mysql –verbose –user=alfresco –password=<pw> alfresco_database < alfresco_bkup.sql"; 2) To restore the repository, I delete the entire alf_data directory that was created during the upgrade and copy my backed up copy of the alf_data directory back into place. 3) I start the app, but things are now broken.
I can go into Mysql and see the restored tables and data and I can go to the alf_data directory and see data in contentstore, etc.
Should I be doing my restore differently? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
