BE2010 upgrade from 12.5 - lost my data?

[Rick_Lawsha]

I upgraded from from BE12.5 to BE2010 today and had problems. To make a long story short, it is running now but BE2010 doesn't recognize the data on my tapes or backup to disk folders. The dives are seen but the media sets don't exist. When viewing tapes in the library they all say unknown media. Is there a way to recapture my jobs, selections lists, media sets and the like from the backup folder BE2010 created during the install? If not it looks like I am in for about three days of work.

[Rick_Lawsha]

I guess it comes down to, can I copy the bedb_dat.dbf and other files in the backup folder over to the new install of 2010?

[CraigV · Accepted solution]

Hi Rick,

When upgrading, it is ALWAYS advisable to get copies of your database and catalogs first. Secondly, never select the option to overwrite your data during the upgrade process, or to NOT make an upgrade during the process.
What you will have to do is stop all your BEWS services, including the SQL instance in Services.msc. Once done, go into the Data folder and copy the current *.ldf and *.mdf files to another location. Then rename them, and copy your old details in.
You may need to run bemig.exe from a command line to port your data across to a newer version of BEWS, but start by trying to bring up all your services first.
For your catalogs, you will need to rebuild that by catalogging all your tapes.

Laters!

[CraigV]

Hi Rick,

Any news on whether or not this helped...?