Difficulties in Upgrading Pentaho+ DI Server From Pentaho+ 6.0 To 8.3
Difficulties in Upgrading your Pentaho+ DI server 6.0 to 7.1
Crontab Schedule not working
Issue:
After upgrade jobs and transformation scheduled in crontab does not work in Pentaho+ 7.1
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+ 6.0 file path to Current path in Pentaho+ 7.1. 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:
Carte server not working after upgrade in Pentaho+ 7.1.
Tracking:
Check if Carte-master-config.xml file is placed inside Pentaho+ 7.1.
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+ 7.1. After migrating the file to Pentaho+ 7.1, open terminal and initiate Carte server.
Plugins does not work in DI client tools:
Issue:
Few plugins available in Pentaho+ 6.0 is not available in Pentaho+ 7.1.
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+ 7.1. Place the downloaded plugins in $pentaho_home/design-tools/data-integration/plugins and restart Spoon.
Difficulties in Upgrading your Pentaho+ DI server 7.1 to 8.3
Cron Schedule not working
Issue:
After upgrade jobs and transformation scheduled in crontab does not work in Pentaho+ 8.3
Tracking :
In the browser, open 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+ 7.1 file path to Current path in Pentaho+ 8.3. 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:
Carte server not working after upgrade in Pentaho+ 8.3.
Tracking:
Check if Carte-master-config.xml file is placed inside Pentaho+ 8.3.
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+ 8.3. After migrating the file to Pentaho+ 8.3, open terminal and initiate Carte server.
Plugins does not work in DI client tools:
Issue:
Few plugins available in Pentaho+ 7.1 is not available in Pentaho+ 8.3.
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+ 8.3. Place the downloaded plugins in $pentaho_home/design-tools/data-integration/plugins and restart Spoon.
Job schedule does not work after upgrade :
Issue:
Job scheduled in Pentaho+ 7.1 does not work in Pentaho+ 8.3
Tracking:
In the browser, open 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+ 7.1.
