Difficulties While Upgrading Pentaho+ DI Server From 4.8 To 6.0
Difficulties in Upgrading your Pentaho+ DI server 4.8 to 5.4
Pentaho+ ETL Jobs and Transformation not migrated
Issue:
Pentaho+ ETL Jobs and transformation are not migrated from Pentaho+ 4.8 to Pentaho+ 5.4.
Tracking:
Open Pentaho+ Spoon, connect to repository and check if Jobs and transformation are available.
Solution:
Backup jobs and transformation from Pentaho+ 4.8 and migrate to Pentaho+ 5.4 manually.
Cron Schedule not working
Issue:
After upgrade jobs and transformation scheduled in crontab does not work in Pentaho+ 5.4
Tracking :
In the browser, open Pentaho+ DI integration link and check if the jobs and transformation are listed in currently running files.
Solution:
Need to manually change Crontab schedule. Open Crontab in terminal, change the path of files from Pentaho+ 4.8 file path to Current path in Pentaho+ 5.4. After changing the path restart the Pentaho+ and open Pentaho+ DI server link. Now all the scheduled jobs and transformation will be running.
Pentaho+ Carte server not working:
Issue:
Pentaho+ Carte server not working after upgrade in Pentaho+ 5.4.
Tracking:
Check if Carte-master-config.xml file is placed inside Pentaho+ 5.4.
Solution:
Carte-master-config.xml file is not migrated at the time of upgrade. Need to manually move the Carte-master-config.xml file to Pentaho+ 5.4. After migrating the file to Pentaho+ 5.4, open terminal and initiate Carte server.
Job schedule does not work after upgrade :
Issue:
As jobs could not be migrated, Job scheduled in Pentaho+ 4.8 does not work in Pentaho+ 5.4
Tracking:
In the browser, open Pentaho+ DI integration link and check if the jobs and transformation are listed in currently running files.
Solution:
Open Pentaho+ spoon and manually schedule jobs with reference with Pentaho+ 5.4.
Transformation schedule does not work after upgrade :
Issue:
Job scheduled in Pentaho+ 4.8 does not work in Pentaho+ 5.4
Tracking:
In the browser, open Pentaho+ DI integration link and check if the jobs and transformation are listed in currently running files.
Solution:
Open spoon and manually schedule jobs with reference with Pentaho+ 5.4.
Difficulties in Upgrading your Pentaho+ DI server from 5.4 to 6.0
Crontab Schedule not working
Issue:
After upgrade jobs and transformation scheduled in crontab does not work in Pentaho+ 6.0
Tracking:
In the browser, open Pentaho+ DI integration link and check if the jobs and transformation are listed in currently running files.
Solution:
Need to manually change Crontab schedule. Open Crontab in terminal, change the path of files from Pentaho+ 5.4 file path to Current path in Pentaho+ 6.0. After changing the path restart the Pentaho+ and open DI server link. Now all the scheduled jobs and transformation will be running.
Carte server not working:
Issue:
Pentaho+ Carte server not working after upgrade in Pentaho+ 6.0.
Tracking:
Check if Carte-master-config.xml file is placed inside Pentaho+ 6.0.
Solution:
Carte-master-config.xml file is not migrated at the time of upgrade. Need to manually move the Carte-master-config.xml file to Pentaho+ 6.0. After migrating the file to Pentaho+ 6.0, open terminal and initiate Carte server.
Plugins does not work in Pentaho+ DI client tools:
Issue:
Few plugins available in Pentaho+ 5.4 is not available in Pentaho+ 6.0.
Tracking:
Open spoon and check the missing plugins.
Solution:
The missing plugins must be downloaded from Market place. Open Market place and download the missing plugins in Pentaho+ 6.0. Place the downloaded plugins in $pentaho_home/design-tools/data-integration/plugins and restart Spoon.
