[opencms-dev] Export/Import site while keeping the 'unpublished' flags

[Arash Kaffamanesh]

Hi Mathias,
hello Michael,
hello together,

after migration from OpenCms 6.x to OpenCms 7.x version, almost always
through the upgrade package or from a new installation with export /
import approach, in most cases I had to run the "Repair XML Contents"
from content tools in administration interface, since some schema
definitions was changed / extended to provide support for content
relation and after the repair action all files will get touched, the
control code is rewritten with strong and week tags and the relations
will get stored in the relation tables, also their size and time stamp
(last modified date by admin :-)) will change, which requires a full
publish of the offline project! The reason why someone has to use the
rapair xml contents tool in such a case is that unless you can't get any
benefit from the relation engine!

So I think we would need a repair tool which repairs the content without
changing the state of the files, or does anybody know about any other
solution or a tool? ;-)

Best,
Arash

Mathias Lin | SYSVISION schrieb:
> Thanks Michael,
> this approach does the job.
> M.
>
>
> Michael Emmerich-2 wrote:
>   
>> Mathias,
>>
>> when you want to migrate from OpenCms 6 to 7 as well, you should try the 
>> following:
>>
>>
>> 1) Go to the ONLINE project and export your content with the Database 
>> Adminstration. This will make an export file that only contains the 
>> content that was already published.
>>
>> 2) Now switch to the project where you have made the changes that are 
>> not published yet. In the Database Adminstration, mark the checkbox 
>> "Changed in project". This should only export those files that are 
>> changed or new in the current project you just have selected.
>>
>> You then have two export files. Import the first one in your new system 
>> and publish everything.
>> Then create a project for the the unpublished files, switch to it and 
>> import the second export fiel you made.
>>
>> If you want to migrate modules, you MUST always do this with the module 
>> export/import. You can later add changed module resoruces as described in
>> 2)
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Michael Emmerich
>>
>> -------------------
>> Michael Emmerich
>>
>> Alkacon Software GmbH  - The OpenCms Experts
>> http://www.alkacon.com - http://www.opencms.org
>>
>>
>> Mathias Lin | SYSVISION schrieb:
>>     
>>> Thanks for the hint. 
>>> I forgot to mention, they're different OpenCms versions. Want to migrate
>>> 6.2.3 ->7.5.1.
>>> The db structure of v6 and v7 differs from each other. So DB dump
>>> wouldn't
>>> work in my case.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Isaac R. Higgins wrote:
>>>       
>>>> if you're using MySQL, do a DB dump from the old system and load it into
>>>> the new one and configure your new installation to point to the loaded
>>>> data... I've done it several times without issue.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org on behalf of Mathias Lin |
>>>> SYSVISION
>>>> Sent: Wed 11/18/2009 6:24 AM
>>>> To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
>>>> Subject: [opencms-dev] Export/Import site while keeping the
>>>> 'unpublished'
>>>> flags
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> I want to migrate a site from one OpenCms server to another, while in
>>>> the
>>>> old
>>>> server/site, some files have not yet been published.
>>>> Is there any way to migrate the site to a new OpenCms server while
>>>> keeping
>>>> the published flag for the files (and having the previously published
>>>> files
>>>> available under the online project)?
>>>>
>>>> Module im/export obviously wouldn't work since all files would get
>>>> published.
>>>>
>>>> Doing an DB export/import via OpenCms admin and adding the module
>>>> manually
>>>> into opencms-modules.xml also wouldn't work since after the import into
>>>> a
>>>> clean OpenCms installation, there wouldn't be any files under the online
>>>> project and all files under the offline project would be unpublished.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore my question, is it possible at all? If so, any best practice?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>> Mathias Lin
>>>> SYSVISION Ltd., China
>>>> http://www.sysvision.com
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> -----
>>> Mathias Lin
>>> SYSVISION Ltd., China
>>> http://www.sysvision.com
>>>       
>> -- 
>> Kind Regards,
>> Michael.
>>
>> -------------------
>> Michael Emmerich
>>
>> Alkacon Software GmbH  - The OpenCms Experts
>> http://www.alkacon.com - http://www.opencms.org
>>
>>     
>
>
> -----
> Mathias Lin
> SYSVISION Ltd., China
> http://www.sysvision.com
>   

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