5.0.2 to 5.0.4 - Replies Missing

[CheeseMan316]

I upgraded from 5.0.2 (sp1) to 5.0.4. I have some threads which have missing replies now after the upgrade. I'm not sure if it is related, probably not, but I also got the below (very confusing) message when I upgraded.

"Version Mismatch
Your upgrade log shows that your last upgrade was to version 5.0.2 but you are currently on version 5.0.2.
()Upgrade from 5.0.2 (*) Upgrade from 5.0.2
[Enter Upgrade System]"

[CheeseMan316]

I took a backup just before I started the upgrade and the forum is currently disabled until this can be fixed.

[Mark.B]

Download a fresh copy of the 5.0.4 files, and upload them to the server, taking care to overwrite the old ones.

*Make sure you upload into the right place, and only upload the CONTENTS of the /upload folder, not the /upload folder itself.

Then run the upgrade script again.

[CheeseMan316]

Did the 5.0.4 files change from when I downloaded them at 1:34PM EDT today? The rest of it was done and my site is showing as being version 5.0.4.

[CheeseMan316]

I think the version mismatch was a result of applying the patch level 1 to 5.0.2 and it being untested.

[Mark.B]

My original advice still stands - please try that and let me know what happens.

[CheeseMan316]

Ok. I downloaded 5.0.4 again and reran the upgrade again. I still have missing posts. And in the other post, and I am still experiencing the issue in the other thread with a bad Settings link but I will update there.

[CheeseMan316]

From the upgrade log from the 5.0.4 reapply.

• Processing XML
• Step 1 - Import latest options
• Importing vbulletin-settings.xml
• Import Done
• Step 2 - Import latest admin help
• Importing vbulletin-adminhelp.xml
• Import Done
• Step 3 - Import latest language
• Importing vbulletin-language.xml
• Import Done
• Step 4 - Import latest widgets
• Importing vbulletin-widgets.xml
• Import Done
• Step 5 - Importing vbulletin-pagetemplates.xml
• Import Done
• Step 6 - Importing vbulletin-pages.xml
• Import Done
• Importing vbulletin-channels.xml
• Import Done
• Importing vbulletin-routes.xml
• Import Done
• Step 7 - Skipping step, not needed
• Step 8 - Creating new routes
• Step 9 - Updating dFg_channel table
• Step 10 - Verifying Product Dependencies
• Step 11 - Importing vbulletin-style.xml
• Template Group: Admin
• Template Group: BB Code
• Template Group: Blog
• Template Group: Blog Admin
• Template Group: Color
• Template Group: Content
• Template Group: Conversation
• Template Group: CSS
• Template Group: Display
• Template Group: Editor
• Template Group: Error
• Template Group: Group
• Template Group: Human Verification
• Template Group: Inline Moderation
• Template Group: Link
• Template Group: Login
• Template Group: Media
• Template Group: Modify
• Template Group: Pagenav
• Template Group: Photo
• Template Group: Picture
• Template Group: Private Message
• Template Group: Profile
• Template Group: Screen Layout
• Template Group: Search
• Template Group: Group Admin
• Template Group: Subscription
• Template Group: Tag
• Template Group: User Profile Field
• Template Group: User Setting
• Template Group: Widget
• Template Group: Ungrouped Templates 1
• Template Group: Ungrouped Templates 2
• Template Group: Ungrouped Templates 3
• Template Group: Ungrouped Templates 4
• Template Group: Ungrouped Templates 5
• Step 11 - Import Done
• Step 12 - Reseting cache
• Step 13 - Skipping step, not needed
• Step 14 - Merge template changes

Status: Done

[CheeseMan316]

Any update Mark?

[CheeseMan316]

My original advice still stands - please try that and let me know what happens.

Not trying to seem like an impatient butt hole, but I did exactly as you asked and it has been quite some time with no response. Just trying to get my users back on the site.

[CheeseMan316]

Bueller.... Bueller.... Has anyone seen Ferris Bueller?

[scamtacular]

Not trying to seem like an impatient butt hole, but I did exactly as you asked and it has been quite some time with no response. Just trying to get my users back on the site.

I've been waiting since last week for a response to my thread (issues that make half my forum unusable) - they're either incredibly busy or incredibly lazy!

Are you sure the database backup was done successfully? Sounds like it could be incomplete. PHPMyAdmin, if you used it, often times out doing backups if they're over a few hundred mb, MySQLDumper.net is much better for that

[CheeseMan316]

I did the restore first through phpMyAdmin. Then I did it through ssh/mysql. I completed a restore back to 5.0.2 (db and file) and the posts ARE there. I won't be moving to 5.0.4 again until I am confident that someone is here to help.

[scamtacular]

I can help - the installation was the least smooth I think I have ever had of any script ever but it's 99% working and I know how to fix what went wrong (apart from the two issues in my thread)

What I'd do is duplicate everything into a different directory, then create a new database.
Configure (in /config.php and/or /core/includes/config.php) the new database name and details.
Backup the existing database via SSH or with MySQLDumper.net. Restore the database tables (using bigdump - it can handle 10GB+ databases with ease, or SSH) but to the new database.
Change the name of the new directory to the old (forum) directory (and rename the old forum one something else).
Run the upgrade script on the new forum.
If it went well, great! If not, change the old forum's directory name back to what it was and rename the new forum's directory to something else (so the old 5.0.2 forum is active again) and ask here for help

[CheeseMan316]

Thanks. I definitely will be more careful about how I perform upgrades in the future. I don't have a great deal of experience doing website management on cpanel/linux, so maybe you can point me in the right direction for how I could swap out the running site (public_html) with a clone (public_html_504)? I have vBulletin installed at the root of my directory so it's not as simple as creating a folder called forumnew and doing the rename.