What is the PersistanceManager (PM) is a DB? What if your clone is using different PM (author uses Oracle, public uses Derby) Also, how would you force the "green light" on author after the import :)
Thanks Amir > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [magnolia-dev] Importing large amounts of content > > You can do the following: > > 1. build new magnolia > 2. put a copy of the repository into the webapp 3. then > define the magnolia property magnolia.bootstrap.force=config > (in magnolia.properties) 4. startup (config get bootstrapped) > 5. shutdown 6. reset the magnolia.bootstrap.force > > Philipp Bracher > > > On 16.07.2007, at 21:29, Amir Mistric wrote: > > > Hello Magnolia developers!!! > > > > > > I am faced with a bit of a problem while trying to keep our > Magnolia > > installation updated. > > The problem is that we have a large amount of DMS and > website content > > which I have to import every time I do a fresh install of Magnolia > > (from 3.0 snapshot). > > For us, the fresh install is the only way to validate if > certain bug > > fix works and that all bootstrap files get applied > > > > > > Here is a description of what I am facing: > > > > - there are 3 websites which we back up daily that produce 3 XML > > export files. These files are about 60MB each totaling about 10000 > > pages of content. > > - there are also 3 DMS top level folders containing various > documents > > for each of the sites with sizes ranging from 10mb to 2GB > !!! Lots of > > documents... > > > > > > After building author and public instance, I have to: > > > > - import these files into author > > - activate them > > - approve and publish to public instance > > > > > > Total time it takes to do this is about 7 hours which is not very > > friendly. > > To speed things up I tried to turn off the versioning > command but that > > didn't help much.... > > I could obviously, do import on both author and public but then I > > don't get the "green light" on author...... > > > > There are also other difficulties associated with the process... > > *There is no indication on the progress of import/export > (progress bar > > would be nice but I'd be happy with some logging info that would > > indicate the same....) *Using Apache+mod_jk (in my case) > will always > > give me a "Proxy Error" after the import process runs for a while... > > *Using Tomcat will sometimes give StackOverflow if Derby is used as > > PM... > > If the process fails, you have to start over again.... > > > > In all very painful process... > > > > > > > > - Is there any way to speed this up? > > If there was a way to do import with an option to set the "green > > light" on, I could skip activation process and do 2 imports (one on > > author and one on public). That would reduce the time to add large > > amount of content... > > > > - Are there any external tools that could be used that would speed > > this up. > > > > > > > > Any input in regards to this would be appreciated... > > > > > > Amir > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > for list details see > > http://documentation.magnolia.info/docs/en/editor/stayupdated.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > for list details see > http://documentation.magnolia.info/docs/en/editor/stayupdated.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- for list details see http://documentation.magnolia.info/docs/en/editor/stayupdated.html ----------------------------------------------------------------
