What happens to any macros or stylesheets that i made changes to? Are these not stored as static files in the $WEBAPPS/xwiki folder?
Are there any files that are stored in the webapps/xwiki folder that need to be backed up as well? Or is backing the database sufficient for a full restore? Thanks On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/07/2010 06:05 PM, Ziggy wrote: > > Hi Sergiu, > > > > I am trying to upgrade from 2.4 to 2.5.1 > > > > Usually i export my workspace as a xar and then recreate everything by > > refreshing the mysql and tomcat installation. I do also get an export > dump > > of the database for backup. > > > > I use the xar file to re-import the workspace back after re-installing > > tomcat and mysql. This gives me a fresh install. > > > > This time it is failing as it has probably become very large. I know that > i > > can upgrade by just replacing the $TOMCAT/webapps/xwiki folder with the > new > > war file but i am trying to get a clean installation and the xar export > acts > > as a backup of the tomcat resources (jsps, css, javascript etc) as well. > > > > If i try the following will it it work? > > > > - Export the database using mysqldump > > - Re-install mysql > > - Re-install Tomcat > > - Re-import the database data > > - Re-install the 2.5 xwiki war file > > > > Using the above steps, would i be backing up everything in the wiki? This > is > > where i get slightly confused. When i export as a xar file, what exactly > am > > i exporting? is it just the contents of the database or does it include > any > > jsp changes, css, javascript files etc. > > Only the contents of the database, this is why it's more efficient to > just do the transfer at the database level. XAR export+import is useful > when migrating between different systems. > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On 11/07/2010 03:54 PM, Ziggy wrote: > >>> Hi guys, > >>> > >>> I am trying to export my xwiki workspace so but every time i try it i > get > >>> the following error > >>> > >>> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space > >>> at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:2882) > >>> at > >>> > >> > java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.expandCapacity(AbstractStringBuilder.java:100) > >>> at > >>> java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.append(AbstractStringBuilder.java:390) > >>> at java.lang.StringBuffer.append(StringBuffer.java:224) > >>> at org.suigeneris.jrcs.rcs.impl.Node.toText(Node.java:719) > >>> at org.suigeneris.jrcs.rcs.Archive.toString(Archive.java:914) > >>> > >>> > >>> I know this is an error where the JVM has not enough memory. My JVM > >> memory > >>> settings are set as follows > >>> > >>> set "JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Duser.timezone=GMT > >>> -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m" > >>> > >>> Everytime i try to increase it to anything above the above values > Tomact > >>> does not startup. Any clues as to how i can fix this? > >>> > >>> I am running xwiki on the following environment > >>> > >>> Tomcat 6.0.29 > >>> Xwiki 2.4.3 > >>> Mysql 5.1 > >>> Windows Xp > >> > >> What do you want to do with the contents of the wiki afterward? If you > >> want to migrate it to another machine, inside another mysql database, > >> then it would be simpler to dump and import the database data directly, > >> using mysqldump or something similar. > >> > >> You should only increase the -Xmx parameter, since this is the heap > >> memory, while MaxPermSize is used only for storing classes. Try > >> something like: > >> -Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m > > > -- > Sergiu Dumitriu > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
