I had SMF/SD running fine on a Lion server, then decided to upgrade to Mavericks, all went well, but SD...
I have PhpMyAdmin running now, but I can't locate the old db, and when I "repointed" the web server to the folder with the SMF/SF files, I get "Connection Problems / Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later."
On phpmyadmin, I have this db's:
information_schema Check Privileges Check Privileges
mysql Check Privileges Check Privileges
performance_schema Check Privileges Check Privileges
test Check Privileges Check Privileges
Total: 4
Using repair_settings.php, I get "Some settings are not being shown because the MySQL connection information is incorrect."
Any idea on where to start "reconnecting this? I have over 1100 active tickets and probably gonna get my rear end kicked hard if I can't rebuild this...
Your database is missing from the upgrade. I wouldn't know/trust how Apple handles their upgrades, so I would assume that upgrading to Mavericks updated MySQL and removed all instances of the old database files. That table set is basically the defaults. This isn't so to speak a SMF/SD issue, but a OS issue from the upgrade resulting in a database loss.
The only thing I could think of would be to recover from backups, export your database as a backup, redo the upgrade and reimport the backup if they are lost again.