Migrating from Alfresco Community to Alfresco War

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trying2alfresco

Hello,

I am currently in the process of migrating from Alfresco 1.2.1 Community to Alfresco War 1.3

I was just wondering what all i should do:
1. backup mysql
2. copy alf_data
3. migrate mysql using the script

I am just not sure what to do with the alf_data directory. Where exactly should I put this directory for the alfresco war installation.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

cludt

2. copy alf_data

just means copying for backup purpose. You don't have to remove it during the migration. If the migration succeeds, you will not have to copy the alf_data back.

So, as you said, you have to do those three steps:

1. backup db
2. backup alf_data
3. run sql migration script

I also recommend to clean the web server directories before deploying the new war file. If you are using tomcat, remove these files/folders

1. %tomcat%\webapps\alfresco.war
2. %tomcat%\webapps\alfresco
3. %tomcat%\work\Catalina\localhost\alfresco

Maybe the %tomcat%\work\Catalina\localhost\alfresco looks different at you machine. So, delete the alfresco directory somewhere under your %tomcat\work directory.