Hi Tim, Thanks for the steps . . . that is where we are headed. I contacted CNRI this afternoon and had a very positive response with respect to working on our time table.
cheers, ..\Wendy Wendy Bossons Web Developer MIT Libraries Technology Research and Development 77 Masachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 617-253-0770 wboss...@mit.edu On Jun 11, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Tim Donohue wrote: > Here's a different option (that I used to use at Illinois): > > (1) Before migration day, notify handle.net folks that you will be > moving to a new server. Ask them nicely if they can update your handle > prefix settings for you on that migration day (you'll need to send an > updated sitebndl.zip before or on that day, generated from the new > server, using the new IP). > > (2) On migration day, move DSpace over to the new server. A handle > server is bundled with DSpace already (which uses the internal DSpace DB > to lookup handles). > > (3) Notify handle.net folks to switch over the handle prefix to your new IP > > (4) Reconfigure the new server's dspace.cfg with your existing handle > prefix. > > (5) Startup DSpace on the new server. As soon as the handle.net folks > switch your prefix to the new IP, the DSpace handle server (on your new > server) will start receiving requests and start working. > > Does that make sense? I'm wondering if you even need to keep the handle > server on the old server at all -- it sounds like that'd just make > things more complex. > > - Tim > > > On 6/11/2010 1:21 PM, Wendy J Bossons wrote: >> Essentially then, and to hopefully accurately paraphrase Mark W.'s comments >> . . . >> >> If the server where dsp...@mit currently resides continues to run, and if we >> continue using the same database location, then the handle-server should >> run. However, if we move the database to a new location, then the >> handle-server needs to be configured to use the new location... How is that >> done, reconfiguring the handle-server to use a new location? -- is it the >> simple setup of the new handle server and notification to CNRI, or is there >> something on the dspace application side besides the handle.dir? >> >> Also, why would I have to update the old installation -- we will be retiring >> that? Again, pardon my newbiness . . . I haven't set up the handle-server >> prior to this. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> ..\Wendy >> Wendy Bossons >> Web Developer >> MIT Libraries >> Technology Research and Development >> 77 Masachusetts Avenue >> Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 >> 617-253-0770 >> wboss...@mit.edu >> >> On Jun 11, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Mark Diggory mdigg...@atmire.com wrote: >> >>> The handle server uses the HandleManager as a plugin to bridge the dspace >>> database into the handle service. The Handle Server doesn't store handles >>> internally. Its all in the postgres db at the moment. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On Jun 11, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Wendy J Bossons wrote: >>> >>>> With respect to the live database, do you mean the dsp...@mit production >>>> database or a flat file database that, perhaps, the handle-server uses? >>>> If the latter, how would I configure this? (I am not familiar with the >>>> running of the handle-server yet, so I am not sure how all the pieces fit >>>> together. Any simple elaboration would be helpful. ) Thanks! >>>> >>>> ..\Wendy >>>> >>>> >>>> ..\Wendy >>>> Wendy Bossons >>>> Web Developer >>>> MIT Libraries >>>> Technology Research and Development >>>> 77 Masachusetts Avenue >>>> Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 >>>> 617-253-0770 >>>> wboss...@mit.edu >>>> >>>> On Jun 11, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Mark H. Wood wrote: >>>> >>>>> The only parts of the installation that care about location seem to be >>>>> bin/start-handle-server and the HandlePlugin class that interfaces the >>>>> Handle server to DSpace's database. I presume that you're leaving the >>>>> old DSpace installation in place (perhaps not running any UI) until you >>>>> complete the migration. >>>>> >>>>> If the live database does not move, then I would expect the Handle >>>>> server to continue working. If you *do* move the database, you will >>>>> need to configure both the new *and* the old installations to use the >>>>> new location and then restart the Handle server. >>>>> >>>>> I have *not* tried this. Please test carefully before committing to >>>>> anything. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Mark H. 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