Re: [Dspace-tech] migrate from Windows to Linux

2013-08-22 Thread emilio lorenzo
Perhaps I will add some more steps to preserve the statistics. Since it is a 1.5 install, reading the Dspace documentation, it seems you will have to convert (stats-log-converter) and import (stats.-log-importer) the existing log files (i must confess, never did that) But at least, have a

Re: [Dspace-tech] migrate from Windows to Linux

2013-08-21 Thread Hilton Gibson
Hi Eileen When you have upgraded the old version, then you can do an archive export. See: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Archives Then you import that archive to the new machine. Be careful about handles changing and hostname changes. You want to ensure the migration does not

Re: [Dspace-tech] migrate from Windows to Linux

2013-08-20 Thread Bram Luyten
Dear Eileen, it's quite challenging to give a comprehensive answer because of the many different aspects involved. I will try to start with a few pointers, feel free to follow up with more specific questions. *General information about DSpace upgrades* The general documentation for upgrading a

Re: [Dspace-tech] migrate from Windows to Linux

2013-08-20 Thread Hilton Gibson
Hi Eileen I was waiting for Bram to reply. I have more details about using Linux for DSpace here: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Dspace As far as upgrading AND changing platforms, the answer would be that you export all the contents from the old version and simply import them to

Re: [Dspace-tech] migrate from Windows to Linux

2013-08-20 Thread Mark H. Wood
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:25:39PM -0400, Mark H. Wood wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:57:10PM +0200, Hilton Gibson wrote: Hi Eileen I was waiting for Bram to reply. I have more details about using Linux for DSpace here: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Dspace As far

Re: [Dspace-tech] migrate from Windows to Linux

2013-08-20 Thread Eileen Brouddus
Hilton and Bram, Thank you for the information. If I understand correctly, I can build the new Linux server and install 3.2 version with dependencies. Then, I need to install all upgrades on the old version and then export the data (HOW?) and move it to the old version. Eileen On

[Dspace-tech] migrate from Windows to Linux

2013-08-16 Thread Eileen Brouddus
We have a DSpace instance installed on Windows at version 1.5.2 and we want to migrate that to a Redhat Linux platform and upgrade to the current version. Can anyone give me a basic idea of how to approach that? -- Eileen Brouddus Application System Administrator Systems and Network Services