Existing SharePoint 2010 Content Database Attach – No Site Collections

Question

First, let me start off by saying that I have read every single thread I could find on this subject, such as:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/0c34ca6f-0db1-4d61-a48c-c4704dd86513/currentsitecount-is-zero-in-upgraded-site
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/502459b3-0301-4ac3-bfc4-16ea702bb5bc/empty-site-data-after-mounting-content-database?forum=sharepointadminprevious
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/ec472ed5-4cdd-45ca-a327-ccc34c29c0a4/zero-site-collections-when-restoring-sp2010-content-database?forum=sharepointgeneralprevious
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/c8df1760-275a-43a4-b3fc-cf257c56d8e2/orphaned-entry-in-config-database
That said, even though my situation is a bit different than those posts, I have tried all the things!
Let me break it down:
Our prod server is a sad Frankenstein upgrade from Project/SharePoint 2003 to 2007 to 2010. 
The problem is not on our prod server.
Our test server was a database attach installation.  It mostly works. 
The problem is, we have this old content database which housed the project sites that were created on 2003, then upgraded to 2007, then upgraded to 2010 – but when it attaches to the test server, it's empty.  The "current number of site collections"
in CA shows 0 and the CurrentSiteCount in powershell = 0.
We have to keep these sites and their links for compliance reasons (7 year retention policy!) and we haven’t really cared that they aren’t working on the test server…except that we are going to be upgrading to 2013 this year, and that’s a database attach
no matter what.  So I have to solve this now.
I’ve checked the following:
The data is there on the database.
The database name I’m typing is correct.
The version of the db is up to date.
The top level site is set to Exclusion.
Permissions.
Here’s what I’ve tried:
Attaching using powershell
Attaching using Central Admin
Detaching and reattaching
Running psconfig
Resetting IIS
When the database is unattached, I have tried the “Recover data from an unattached content database” function – it recognizes the database (if I type it in wrong, it tells me I don’t have access) but then finds nothing in the site collections.
The prod server is perfectly happy with these sites, and we copied the database from prod after the 2010 upgrade, so I don’t know what the issue is.
I appreciate any thoughts any of you have.  I’m stumped!
ElliJ 
Project Solutions Specialist
http://projectserverpants.wordpress.com/

Answer 1

Holy lots of errors, batman!!
I think it's safe to say that the 2010 upgrade didn't hit all our sites, based on the errors and this post:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/projectserver/en-US/c7b19345-3036-4dc1-a174-026796cdee7c/missing-server-side-dependencies-after-project-server-upgrade-from-2003-to-2010?forum=projserv2010setup
There are serveral missing setup files and one missing assembly:
Category        : MissingSetupFile
Error           : True
UpgradeBlocking : False
Message         : File [1033\PWA\lists\wplib\dwp\Updates.dwp] is referenced [27
                  5] times in the database [STS_FSHAREPTP01_1], but is not inst
                  alled on the current farm. Please install any feature/solutio
                  n which contains this file.
Remedy          : One or more setup files are referenced in the database [STS_F
                  SHAREPTP01_1], but are not installed on the current farm. Ple
                  ase install any feature or solution which contains these file
                  s.
Category        : MissingAssembly
Error           : True
UpgradeBlocking : False
Message         : Assembly [Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.PWA,Version=12.0.0.
                  0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c] is referen
                  ced in the database [STS_FSHAREPTP01_1], but is not installed
                   on the current farm. Please install any feature/solution whi
                  ch contains this assembly.
Remedy          : One or more assemblies are referenced in the database [STS_FS
                  HAREPTP01_1], but are not installed on the current farm. Plea
                  se install any feature or solution which contains these assem
                  blies.
I guess the question now is - how do we get it to upgrade ALL of the site collections and sites?  I'm actually pretty sure I can figure it out from here, that test was a huge help, thanks!