Jenkins job build history lost after migrating workspace to a new hard drive

I am currently running Jenkins ver. 2.121.2. I am in charge to migrate all jenkins builds and workspace to a new location since we have many projects filling our system's SSD. And we decided to have the workspace and build location to be on a HDD. Migrating all the data wasn't hard but the unexpected side effect is, that all jenkins jobs have lost their build history. I thought it would be as simple as copying all files over to the new location.

I changed only 2 parameters in the /var/lib/jenkins/config.xml file. These are from:

<workspaceDir>$ITEM_ROOTDIR/workspace</workspaceDir> <buildsDir>$ITEM_ROOTDIR/builds</buildsDir>

To...

<workspaceDir>/wd-red1/jenkins_workspace/$ITEM_FULLNAME</workspaceDir> <buildsDir>/wd-red1/jenkins_builds/$ITEM_FULL_NAME</buildsDir>

Then I have copied all files from /var/lib/jenkins/workspace and /var/lib/jenkins/jobs respectively to the locations above. All went well except for the job build histories.

My question is: Can I somehow import the job build history too?

edited Nov 13 '18 at 6:32

asked Nov 12 '18 at 18:03

Scorpio

Did all sub folders under /var/lib/jenkins/jobs get copied over correctly ?

– ben5556
Nov 12 '18 at 22:37

Yeah, I checked that. I used cp -r * /wd-red1/jenkins_builds/ to copy those over.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 6:16

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I changed only 2 parameters in the /var/lib/jenkins/config.xml file. These are from:

<workspaceDir>$ITEM_ROOTDIR/workspace</workspaceDir> <buildsDir>$ITEM_ROOTDIR/builds</buildsDir>

To...

<workspaceDir>/wd-red1/jenkins_workspace/$ITEM_FULLNAME</workspaceDir> <buildsDir>/wd-red1/jenkins_builds/$ITEM_FULL_NAME</buildsDir>

Then I have copied all files from /var/lib/jenkins/workspace and /var/lib/jenkins/jobs respectively to the locations above. All went well except for the job build histories.

My question is: Can I somehow import the job build history too?

edited Nov 13 '18 at 6:32

asked Nov 12 '18 at 18:03

Scorpio

Did all sub folders under /var/lib/jenkins/jobs get copied over correctly ?

– ben5556
Nov 12 '18 at 22:37

Yeah, I checked that. I used cp -r * /wd-red1/jenkins_builds/ to copy those over.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 6:16

add a comment |

I changed only 2 parameters in the /var/lib/jenkins/config.xml file. These are from:

<workspaceDir>$ITEM_ROOTDIR/workspace</workspaceDir> <buildsDir>$ITEM_ROOTDIR/builds</buildsDir>

To...

<workspaceDir>/wd-red1/jenkins_workspace/$ITEM_FULLNAME</workspaceDir> <buildsDir>/wd-red1/jenkins_builds/$ITEM_FULL_NAME</buildsDir>

Then I have copied all files from /var/lib/jenkins/workspace and /var/lib/jenkins/jobs respectively to the locations above. All went well except for the job build histories.

My question is: Can I somehow import the job build history too?

edited Nov 13 '18 at 6:32

asked Nov 12 '18 at 18:03

Scorpio

I changed only 2 parameters in the /var/lib/jenkins/config.xml file. These are from:

<workspaceDir>$ITEM_ROOTDIR/workspace</workspaceDir> <buildsDir>$ITEM_ROOTDIR/builds</buildsDir>

To...

<workspaceDir>/wd-red1/jenkins_workspace/$ITEM_FULLNAME</workspaceDir> <buildsDir>/wd-red1/jenkins_builds/$ITEM_FULL_NAME</buildsDir>

Then I have copied all files from /var/lib/jenkins/workspace and /var/lib/jenkins/jobs respectively to the locations above. All went well except for the job build histories.

My question is: Can I somehow import the job build history too?

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edited Nov 13 '18 at 6:32

asked Nov 12 '18 at 18:03

Scorpio

edited Nov 13 '18 at 6:32

asked Nov 12 '18 at 18:03

Scorpio

edited Nov 13 '18 at 6:32

asked Nov 12 '18 at 18:03

Scorpio

asked Nov 12 '18 at 18:03

Scorpio

asked Nov 12 '18 at 18:03

Scorpio

Did all sub folders under /var/lib/jenkins/jobs get copied over correctly ?

– ben5556
Nov 12 '18 at 22:37

Yeah, I checked that. I used cp -r * /wd-red1/jenkins_builds/ to copy those over.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 6:16

add a comment |

Did all sub folders under /var/lib/jenkins/jobs get copied over correctly ?

– ben5556
Nov 12 '18 at 22:37

Yeah, I checked that. I used cp -r * /wd-red1/jenkins_builds/ to copy those over.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 6:16

Did all sub folders under /var/lib/jenkins/jobs get copied over correctly ?

– ben5556
Nov 12 '18 at 22:37

Yeah, I checked that. I used cp -r * /wd-red1/jenkins_builds/ to copy those over.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 6:16

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If your old jenkins instance is still running, install "thinbackup" and take a full backup. Copying the backup into the new server and restoring the backup will give you all the configurations as it is in old server. I tried this someday back and it worked liked a charm.

Note : Thinbackup plug in supports both backup and restore.

answered Nov 13 '18 at 2:42

Prasa2166

That did not work. All build history is still lost. I have reverted the setting in config.xml to get all the build history, then I backed everything up (waited for some time until I saw the backup location stopped growing in size), then I shut down jenkins, changed the workspace+build location, started jenkins up and restored the backup. Everything is still the same :/ I would need the build history files themselves.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 7:06

I believe you wouldn't have checked "Backup build results" in thin backup setting. To be on the safer side, click all the checkbox in thinbackup settings and take a backup

– Prasa2166
Nov 13 '18 at 7:37

I did that too, however some checkboxes according to their labels wouldn't backup what may be the build history and as such I did not select those. These are "Backup only builds marked to keep", "Backup additional files", "Move old backups to ZIP files" and others like that.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 8:03

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Note : Thinbackup plug in supports both backup and restore.

answered Nov 13 '18 at 2:42

Prasa2166

That did not work. All build history is still lost. I have reverted the setting in config.xml to get all the build history, then I backed everything up (waited for some time until I saw the backup location stopped growing in size), then I shut down jenkins, changed the workspace+build location, started jenkins up and restored the backup. Everything is still the same :/ I would need the build history files themselves.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 7:06

I believe you wouldn't have checked "Backup build results" in thin backup setting. To be on the safer side, click all the checkbox in thinbackup settings and take a backup

– Prasa2166
Nov 13 '18 at 7:37

I did that too, however some checkboxes according to their labels wouldn't backup what may be the build history and as such I did not select those. These are "Backup only builds marked to keep", "Backup additional files", "Move old backups to ZIP files" and others like that.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 8:03

add a comment |

Note : Thinbackup plug in supports both backup and restore.

answered Nov 13 '18 at 2:42

Prasa2166

That did not work. All build history is still lost. I have reverted the setting in config.xml to get all the build history, then I backed everything up (waited for some time until I saw the backup location stopped growing in size), then I shut down jenkins, changed the workspace+build location, started jenkins up and restored the backup. Everything is still the same :/ I would need the build history files themselves.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 7:06

I believe you wouldn't have checked "Backup build results" in thin backup setting. To be on the safer side, click all the checkbox in thinbackup settings and take a backup

– Prasa2166
Nov 13 '18 at 7:37

I did that too, however some checkboxes according to their labels wouldn't backup what may be the build history and as such I did not select those. These are "Backup only builds marked to keep", "Backup additional files", "Move old backups to ZIP files" and others like that.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 8:03

add a comment |

Note : Thinbackup plug in supports both backup and restore.

answered Nov 13 '18 at 2:42

Prasa2166

Note : Thinbackup plug in supports both backup and restore.

answered Nov 13 '18 at 2:42

Prasa2166

answered Nov 13 '18 at 2:42

Prasa2166

answered Nov 13 '18 at 2:42

Prasa2166

answered Nov 13 '18 at 2:42

Prasa2166

That did not work. All build history is still lost. I have reverted the setting in config.xml to get all the build history, then I backed everything up (waited for some time until I saw the backup location stopped growing in size), then I shut down jenkins, changed the workspace+build location, started jenkins up and restored the backup. Everything is still the same :/ I would need the build history files themselves.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 7:06

I believe you wouldn't have checked "Backup build results" in thin backup setting. To be on the safer side, click all the checkbox in thinbackup settings and take a backup

– Prasa2166
Nov 13 '18 at 7:37

I did that too, however some checkboxes according to their labels wouldn't backup what may be the build history and as such I did not select those. These are "Backup only builds marked to keep", "Backup additional files", "Move old backups to ZIP files" and others like that.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 8:03

add a comment |

That did not work. All build history is still lost. I have reverted the setting in config.xml to get all the build history, then I backed everything up (waited for some time until I saw the backup location stopped growing in size), then I shut down jenkins, changed the workspace+build location, started jenkins up and restored the backup. Everything is still the same :/ I would need the build history files themselves.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 7:06

I believe you wouldn't have checked "Backup build results" in thin backup setting. To be on the safer side, click all the checkbox in thinbackup settings and take a backup

– Prasa2166
Nov 13 '18 at 7:37

I did that too, however some checkboxes according to their labels wouldn't backup what may be the build history and as such I did not select those. These are "Backup only builds marked to keep", "Backup additional files", "Move old backups to ZIP files" and others like that.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 8:03

That did not work. All build history is still lost. I have reverted the setting in config.xml to get all the build history, then I backed everything up (waited for some time until I saw the backup location stopped growing in size), then I shut down jenkins, changed the workspace+build location, started jenkins up and restored the backup. Everything is still the same :/ I would need the build history files themselves.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 7:06

I believe you wouldn't have checked "Backup build results" in thin backup setting. To be on the safer side, click all the checkbox in thinbackup settings and take a backup

– Prasa2166
Nov 13 '18 at 7:37

I did that too, however some checkboxes according to their labels wouldn't backup what may be the build history and as such I did not select those. These are "Backup only builds marked to keep", "Backup additional files", "Move old backups to ZIP files" and others like that.

– Scorpio
Nov 13 '18 at 8:03

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