Thank you Sergiu. You have been most helpfull.
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <ser...@xwiki.com> wrote: > On 11/07/2010 07:06 PM, Ziggy wrote: > > Hi Sergiu, > > > > I have not made any changes via the filesystems. All changes i have made > are > > via the xwiki itself. As an example, i have edited and updated the > > "shortcuts" and "quick links" panels. > > > > Do you mean that any change that is done via the xwiki system is stored > in > > the database and not on teh filesystem? Does this mean that exporting > and > > re-importing the database would restore the changes i made to the panels > as > > well? > > > > Yes, and yes. > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu<ser...@xwiki.com> > wrote: > > > >> On 11/07/2010 06:47 PM, Ziggy wrote: > >>> 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? > >> > >> If you made changes to files on the filesystem, then you must take care > >> of manually migrating those changes into the new version. This is why it > >> is not recommended to touch the filesystem files, but to override them > >> inside the wiki. Most templates can be overridden by attaching the > >> modified versions to the skin document (XWiki.DefaultSkin by default). > >> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu<ser...@xwiki.com> > >> 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<ser...@xwiki.com> > >>>> 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 > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
