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Hi Nicholas and thank you for responding very quickly.

I'm affraid you misunderstood my ticket or I should say my explanations were not clear.
Since I use your excellent product, I have done more than hundred of restaurations. I know about what I speak!

Of course, I don't want to migrate my site with akeeba backup. It would be a nonsense !!
I just explained the context of my problem. Let me explain it the other way:

I need to know why path A and B does not give the same result

path A
host folder empty, database cleared
fresh install of joomla 2.5.28
fresh install of akeeba backup 4.1.0
fresh install of akeeba admin tools 3.4.2
--> working joomla 2.5.28 website
Backup of this working website as backup.jpa
test of migration using joomla upgrade: --> new website in joomla 3.3 works ok

path B
host folder empty, database cleared
restauration of backup.jpa using kickstart
--> working joomla 2.5.28 website (in my opinion should be the same as working joomla 2.5.28 website of path A)
test of migration using joomla upgrade: --> new website in joomla 3.3 not working (server 500 error as described in previous post)

I just can't understand in what the restaured joomla 2.5.28 website is different from the joomla 2.5.28 at the time of the backup.

In my head, this is the essence of akeeba backup. Both should be the same.
So if a website is the same after restauration, than at the time before the backup, it should work the same manner in both situations, which is obviously not the case here.

Please understand that I don't speak about upgrading through akeeba backup/kickstart. I just speak about saving and restoring the same version of joomla.

Can you please reconsider my question in this new point of view? I think I miss something but I need you help to find out what.

best regards

Jacques

Again, I should explain it with other words.

There are NO extensions on this test. Path A and B are exactly what you propose to me.

This test site just uses Joomla_2.5.28-Stable-Full_Package.zip. Nothing more (ok with joomla's provided sample data, just to show something)
Then I install akeeba backup pro, then Akeeba admin tools pro

There are no other data. Nothing, Nada, no extensions.
I backup then restore on the same location not on another location. Can this be the problem?

Of course I've read the kickstart popup yesterday.. Your are right, on my fault, I tried first on a temp URL ( for example http://107.37.223.47/~blabla/nemoswimclub-com/), then rechecked and redid it on a live site with a real domain name I pay for (www.nemoswimclub.com)

for example I launched kickstart using www.nemoswimclub.com/kickstart-pro.php

When I have to recover a site (in a normal case), I think I do exactly exactly the same. I've done it many times the year beeing.

I see that you recommend to make the upgrade on a local machine. Is there any reason why it couldn't work on a live host using full domain names. Do I miss something??

Ok Nicholas,

I'll follow your advise and reinstall my local apache server...

Thank you for your explanations

Hi again Nicholas

This time my post is not about a problem, but a positive information.

As explained, I reinstalled my wampserver and tested my above step locally and you know what?

I had exactly the same problem
install joomla 2.5
install akeeba backup
make a backup
migrate to joomla 3.3
delete all files
reinstall last backup
joomla 2.5 run fine
migrate to joomla 3.3 crashes on local server

Ok, I think I may have to drop completely the database ( deleting table content from kickstart may not be sufficient) so I deleted then create the database again.
now I can reinstall joomla 2.5 from backup and migrate to joomla 3.3. works like a charm
(I suppose the joomla 3 table structure is different from joomla's 2.5 so overwriting during kickstart is not sufficient)
I know you told me to delete the database, but I thought the "delete" during reinstallation was sufficient to overwrite all..


I am a bit stubborn and I decided to check the same on my host's server. (dropping then creating the database again). You guess it, it works also.

So now you may close this ticket and I thank you for your patience. Maybe my conclusions may help somebody else..