RouterOS v6.2 issues

RouterOS General
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Today I tried to change my RB493G (with pppoes, usermanager, ecc) with RouterOS v5.24, to another identical device with RouterOS v.6.2 and micro-sd for usermanager database (the previous one used usb flash disk).
I first madee “export compact file=router.rsc” and
“/tool user-manager database save name=backupUM.umb”
to save all data and export it to the new router.
I found some issues:

  1. in export file, all concerned with /ip neighbor discovery will not work; it seems ROS 6.2 doesn’t have the “disable” option anymore for those entries;
  2. user “admin” for usermanger had to be removed manually from exported script, as it will prevent script from loading;
  3. if you try to load the script when your pc is connected layer2 at one router port that the script will touch, as inserting it into one bridge or changing something, the router will disconnect and doesn’t complete import task.
    5)ther is one strange identifier in /tool profile, called “spi”, which often uses lot of cpu resources.

Does anyone else encountered some of those issues when upgrading?

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  1. in v6 use discover=yes|no
  2. that is because you can not create the same user twice. Clean system has user admin.
  3. I also experience disconnections, also happens when bridge ports are added manually. But as far as I have seen, the script still continues and finishes, as long as there are no errors.
    5). Did not notice nor checked.
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There are other bugs in the “export compact” command.
First of all, I think that /tool user-manager settings in the exported files are full of errors, so I managed to delete everything concerned with user-manager from the .rsc (except the second subscriber add) .
After this, there are lot of errors concerned with the /ip neighbor discovery : in the .rsc file those commands are given before the vlan creations, preventing the .rsc import action.
Also the vlans would be created before theirs interfaces had been set up (if they are bridges).
Now, after many hours of work into the .rsc exported file, I’m still unable to import it directly into an identical routerboard 493G with routeros 6.3 (the export file is from a 6.2 RB493G device).
Finally I think that if you have to replace an important router (not a simple network node), with lot of important settings (and exactly for this reason you need a working “export settings” instrument), you have mandatory to less a lot of time doing all things manually.
I hope it will be anything better in the future releases.