Ok one final silly question. Where or how are attachements saved?
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Ziggy <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Sergiu. > You have been most helpfull. > > > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> 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<[email protected]> >> 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<[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
