I think upgrading using magento connect is not so risk
Step:1
Go to admin pannel and login.
step:2
Go to System ->Magento Connect->Magento Connect Manager
step:3
Login with your admin user and password and copy&paste this link
Step:1
Go to admin pannel and login.
step:2
Go to System ->Magento Connect->Magento Connect Manager
step:3
Login with your admin user and password and copy&paste this link
"http://connect20.magentocommerce.com/community/Mage_All_Latest"
in the paste extenstion key install and press 'install' button.Then you get a list of all modules with latest version.
Step:4
Before clicking commit Change you have to do this
Before clicking commit Change you have to do this
To allow MCM to overwrite existing files you need to edit this file:
downloader\lib\Mage\Connect\Validator.php
and remove this part:
if (file_exists($dest)) {
$this->addError("'{$file}' already exists");
return false;
}
$this->addError("'{$file}' already exists");
return false;
}
which is right at the bottom of the file
If installation fails you will need to re-edit the file as it will be replaced by the version just downloaded
If you install without changing you will get error "files already exists" and it will not install.
Step:5
After successfull installation when you open the front end you get a error
After successfull installation when you open the front end you get a error
Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtimeor capacity problems. Please try again later.
error
To clear the error check if there is a file called maintenance.flag in your magento root. If so Delete it
and also clear the cache.
Step:6
Not over there is still error
NOW YOUR PROBLEM IS SOLVED YOU HAVE UPDATED MAGENTO 1.5.1.0 TO MAGENTO 1.6.2.0
Step:6
Not over there is still error
Stops at "1025 Error on rename of catalog_category_flat_store_1 |
If you encounter the error
to solve this error by running the queries in the databaseError in file: "/xxx/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/sql/catalog_setup/mysql4-upgrade-1.5.9.9-1.6.0.0.php" - SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1025 Error on rename of './catalog_category_flat_store_1' to './#sql2-6221-31dae3' (errno: 152)”
ALTER TABLE catalog_category_entity ENGINE=INNODB; ALTER TABLE core_store ENGINE=INNODB; ALTER TABLE catalog_category_entity ENGINE=INNODB; ALTER TABLE core_store ENGINE=INNODB;
NOW YOUR PROBLEM IS SOLVED YOU HAVE UPDATED MAGENTO 1.5.1.0 TO MAGENTO 1.6.2.0