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.