[rt-users] Migration

[Keith A McDermott]

I'd like to see this if it does eventually work. I gave up on converting 
our bugzilla database many months ago. Although we have 12,000 bugzilla 
tickets, it wasn't worth the time and pain for us to try to fix the script.

Thanks,
Keith

Javier Garcia wrote:
>
> OK. I’ve found out that my initialdata file is wrong. There’s nothing 
> on the @Groups array.
>
> I’ve downloaded a new initialdata file (the syntax is as follows):
>
> @Groups = (
>
> { Name => '',
>
> Type => 'Everyone', # loc
>
> Domain => 'SystemInternal',
>
> Instance => '',
>
> Description => 'Pseudogroup for internal use', # loc
>
> },
>
> But then I get a new error:
>
> Odd number of elements in hash assignment at 
> /opt/rt3/lib/RT/Group_Overlay.pm line 405.
>
> /opt/rt3/lib/RT/Group_Overlay.pm line 405:
>
> my %args = (
>
> Name => undef,
>
> Description => undef,
>
> Domain => undef,
>
> Type => undef,
>
> Instance => '0',
>
> InsideTransaction => undef,
>
> _RecordTransaction => 1,
>
> @_
>
> );
>
> I’m not an expert Perl developer, but I have tried modifying the 
> @Groups array, adding more fields or deleting others, but nothing, 
> same error.
>
> *From:* rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com 
> [mailto:rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] *On Behalf Of 
> *Javier Garcia
> *Sent:* 21 April 2009 10:50
> *To:* Jo Rhett
> *Cc:* rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
> *Subject:* Re: [rt-users] Migration
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have found the scripts here:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/rt/users/53073?do=post_view_threaded#53073
>
> But they are not working. After following the README I ran “sh 
> migrate.sh” and got the following:
>
> Could not load Everyone group on user creation. 
> (/opt/rt3/lib/RT/User_Overlay.pm:222)
>
> The error is on the following block:
>
> my $everyone = RT::Group->new($self->CurrentUser);
>
> $everyone->LoadSystemInternalGroup('Everyone');
>
> unless ($everyone->id) {
>
> $RT::Logger->crit("Could not load Everyone group on user creation.");
>
> $RT::Handle->Rollback();
>
> return ( 0, $self->loc('Could not create user') );
>
> }
>
> And we are not able to solve it. There’s no information about it on 
> the Internet. Any ideas?
>
> I have a hunch that it has to do with the relationship between the 
> principals, groups and ACL table.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated, otherwise we can continue 
> writing bespoke scripts to fit our needs.
>
> We are currently running RT 3.8.2 under Debian Etch.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Javier
>
> *From:* Jo Rhett [mailto:jrhett at netconsonance.com]
> *Sent:* 20 April 2009 17:34
> *To:* Javier Garcia
> *Cc:* rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
> *Subject:* Re: [rt-users] Migration
>
> Yes. Search the mailing list archives or Google. Both of which return 
> the script you need quickly.
>
> On Apr 20, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Javier Garcia wrote:
>
>     We are manually migrating all our Bugzilla databases to RT using
>     Perl, but we are having issues with some of them and I can’t find
>     anything on the Internet.
>
>     Is there a documented way on How to migrate Bugzilla to RT?
>
>     Does anybody have a script for that?
>
>     PS: Both servers are running on Debian and using MySQL.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Javier Garcia
>
>     Systems Engineer
>
>     javier.garcia at snowvalley.com <mailto:javier.garcia at snowvalley.com>
>
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>
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