[horde] Migrating user data from an old horde instance to a new installation

[Vilius Sumskas/LNK]

Hi,

"horde" <horde-bounces at lists.horde.org> wrote on 2017.03.03 16:48:06:

> From: Christian Schoepplein <c.schoepplein at musin.de>
> To: horde at lists.horde.org
> Date: 2017.03.03 16:48
> Subject: [horde] Migrating user data from an old horde instance to a
> new installation
> Sent by: "horde" <horde-bounces at lists.horde.org>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a damn old horde installation which has to be migrated to a 
> current setup.
> 
> Old installation:
> 
>   * Gollem: H3 (1.0.2)
>   * Horde: 3.1.4
>   * Imp: H3 (4.1.4)
>   * Ingo: H3 (1.1.3)
>   * Kronolith: H3 (2.1.4)
>   * Turba: H3 (2.1.5)
> 
> New setup:
> 
>   * Horde: 5.2.13
>   * Content: 2.0.5
>   * Gollem: H5 (3.0.10)
>   * Imp: H5 (6.2.17)
>   * Ingo: H5 (3.2.13)
>   * Kronolith: H5 (4.2.19)
>   * Nag: H5 (4.2.13)
>   * Timeobjects: 2.1.3
>   * Turba: H5 (4.2.18)
> 
> Migrating and adapting the config from the old to the new system causes 
> me no trouble, but I am not able to migrate all the userspecific data 
> stored in the mysql db backend.
> 
> for that reason I see two possebilities now:
> 
> 1. Try again to migrate the database from the old horde setup to the new 

>    installation. Because I have no idea what went wrong during the 
>    first try, it is very likely that I will run into the same issues 
>    again :-(.
> 2. Start the new installation with an empty database which will be OK, 
>    if I at least can migrate the addressbook entries from the old to 
>    the new installation. What steps are necessary to do this? Would it 
>    also be possible to export the adressbook entries into e.g. vCards, 
>    csv files or whatever and import them into the new system via a 
>    script or so?
> 
> Any help or hints how to migrate the adresses would be great!
> 
> Thanks and have a nice weekend,

Without telling us what exactly went wrong (steps you did, errors, 
screenshots, etc.) I'm afraid we won't be able to help much.

-- 
   Vilius