Upgrading from CMS 5 R1 SP3 to CMS 5 R2

Carl Howarth

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Hi,

I am upgrading a site that is currently on R1 SP3 up to R2.

When I try to perform the upgrade, it complains that the source and destination must have the same root.

I have found that the installer expects the website folder to be on the same drive as the EPiServer installation files (e.g. C:\)

The installation that we have has the website folder on the C:\ drive and the operating system (along with the program files folder) is on the F:\ drive (don't ask!)

Copying the website folder to the F:\ drive fixed the problem and the installation worked fine.

My question is this:
Is this suposed to be the case? Does the Website folder have to be on the same drive as the EPiServer program files?

Thanks

Carl

#29128

Apr 08, 2009 13:27

Per Bjurström

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No, its fixed in the SP1 installer. I think there is a workaround somewhere on the forum for the R2 installer.

#29131

Apr 08, 2009 14:39

Carl Howarth

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Hi,

Thanks for the reply

It was the SP1 installer that I was using. It may be that there is a newer release of the SP1 installer.

When the time comes to perform the same task again, I will ensure that I download the latest installer.

Carl

#29135

Apr 08, 2009 15:04

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I had the same issue, but solved it by moving the entire filestructure to C: and the do the upgrade process. Then; move the files back to F: or whatever and change the paths to the program files in web.config

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Edited, Apr 15, 2009 13:14

Carl Howarth

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An Update:

When I performed the same action again, I had the same problem. It's a bit of a pain, but nothing that can't be lived with.

Just a heads up as well. When you are upgrading a site from CMS 5 R1 SP3 to R2, you must be on a PC/Server running IIS6. So be prepared to move the entire site to another machine if you are using Vista!

P.s. Hats off to the EPiServer Development Team. The new Deployment Center is a huge leap forward. Thanks!

#29324

Apr 21, 2009 12:22

Per Bjurström

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Basically the upgrade scripts for R1 SP3 -> R2 has this bug, independent of the installer. You should not get it while upgrading from R2 to R2 SP1. Otherwise, please let me know so we can revisit this bug.

The bug is that it moves files to the temp directory to handle transactions, so as long as you have the temp directory on the same drive as the site it works.

Thanks for the feedback.

#29367

Apr 22, 2009 17:24

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Edited, May 06, 2009 14:42