I'm upgrading a DNN 4.9.5 site to 5.x, starting with my test site, which runs on a Windows 7 Ultimate laptop running IIS 7.5.76 and SQL Server Express 2005 . I successfully upgraded to 5.5.1 several weeks ago and decided to download the production site again and upload directly to 5.6.1. Mistake. I got a load of errors from the Wizard:
00:00:42.271 - Updating Config Files: 05.00.00 Success
00:00:42.276 - Updating Config Files: 05.00.01 Success
00:00:42.277 - Updating Config Files: 05.01.00 Error!
00:00:42.283 - Updating Config Files: 05.01.01 Success
00:00:42.284 - Updating Config Files: 05.01.02 Success
00:00:42.285 - Updating Config Files: 05.01.03 Success
00:00:42.286 - Updating Config Files: 05.01.04 Success
00:00:42.287 - Updating Config Files: 05.02.00 Error!
00:00:42.292 - Updating Config Files: 05.02.01 Error!
00:00:42.410 - Updating Config Files: 05.02.02 Success
00:00:42.412 - Updating Config Files: 05.02.03 Success
00:00:42.413 - Updating Config Files: 05.03.00 Error!
00:00:42.419 - Updating Config Files: 05.03.01 Success
00:00:42.419 - Updating Config Files: 05.04.00 Success
00:00:42.420 - Updating Config Files: 05.04.01 Success
00:00:42.421 - Updating Config Files: 05.04.02 Success
00:00:42.422 - Updating Config Files: 05.04.03 Success
00:00:42.423 - Updating Config Files: 05.04.04 Success
00:00:42.423 - Updating Config Files: 05.05.00 Error!
00:00:42.428 - Updating Config Files: 05.05.01 Success
00:00:42.429 - Updating Config Files: 05.06.00 Success
00:00:42.433 - Updating Config Files: 05.06.01 Success
00:00:42.445 - Performing General Upgrades
00:00:42.580 - Installing Optional Modules:
00:00:42.587 - Installing Package File HTML_Community_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:00:48.073 - Installing Package File Messaging_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:00:48.269 - Installing Package File Taxonomy_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:00:48.400 - Installing Package File Telerik_05.06.00_Install: Error!
00:00:49.777 - Installing Optional Skins:
00:00:49.777 - Installing Optional Containers:
00:00:49.778 - Installing Optional Languages:
00:00:49.778 - Installing Optional Providers:
00:00:49.779 - Installing Package File AspNetMembershipProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:00:49.886 - Installing Package File CorePermissionProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:00:50.027 - Installing Package File CoreSitemapProvider_05.06.01_Install: Error!
00:00:50.110 - Installing Package File DatabaseLoggingProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:00:50.197 - Installing Package File DNNMembershipProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:00:50.288 - Installing Package File DNNMenuNavigationProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:00:50.363 - Installing Package File DNNTreeNavigationProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:00:50.449 - Installing Package File FckHtmlEditorProvider_02.00.04_Install: Success
00:01:04.263 - Installing Package File FileBasedCachingProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:01:04.335 - Installing Package File FileModuleCachingProvider_05.06.01_Install: Error!
00:01:04.437 - Installing Package File MemoryModuleCachingProvider_05.06.01_Install: Error!
00:01:04.531 - Installing Package File SchedulingProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:01:04.643 - Installing Package File SearchIndexProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:01:04.720 - Installing Package File SearchProvider_05.06.01_Install: Success
00:01:04.853 - Installing Package File SolpartMenuNavigationProvider_05.01.00_Install: Success
00:01:05.342 - Installing Package File TelerikEditorProvider_05.06.01_Install: Error!
00:01:06.482 - Installing Optional AuthSystems:
00:01:06.483 - Installing Package File LiveID_01.00.01_Install: Success
00:01:06.725 - Installing Package File OpenID_02.00.00_Install: Success
00:01:06.935 - Installing Optional Packages:
And when I tried to bring up the site, I got an "unhandled exception" error.
Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request.
Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception
stack trace below.
Stack Trace: [NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.SkinController.GetDefaultPortalSkin() +36
DotNetNuke.Entities.Host.Host.get_DefaultPortalSkin() +93
DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.get_DefaultPortalSkin() +32
DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 tabID, PortalInfo portal) +1180
DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +2708
System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +79
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +170
The web.config I began with is the one running in production, except for the pointers to the SQL server. Suggestions, anyone??
I don't know whether it's related, but the DNN 5.5.1 upgrade was running happily in the Default AppPool. When I restored my 4.9.5 site, I had to revert to the Classic AppPool, and the DNN 5.6.1 upgrade also appears to want the Classic AppPool.