Importing Elvis 4 files to Elvis 6 as part of a migration

As part of the migration of content from Elvis 4 to Elvis 6 the Elvis 4 files need to be moved to Elvis 6.

This article explains how this is done.

Before you start

Step 1. Place the Elvis 4 dump in {Elvis 6 Shared Directory}/dumps.

Step 2. (Linux only). Check the folder permissions for the user/group for folders/files: group/user should be set to 'elvissrv' (not 'root').

Importing the files

Step 1. Open a Terminal, navigate to the folder where the Migration Tool is installed, and run the tool by entering the following in the command line:

• For MacOS:  sudo java -jar elvis-migration-tool-x.x.x.jar
• For Linux:  sudo -u elvissrv java -jar elvis-migration-tool-x.x.x.jar
• For Windows: java -jar c:\elvis-migration-tool-x.x.x.jar

Step 2. Access the tool by entering the following URL in a Web browser:

http://localhost:8080/

Note: Make sure that the port number corresponds to the one that was specified in your command line.

Step 3. Select the version of Elvis that you are upgrading to.

Step 4. Select the Import tab.

Step 5. Enter the following details:

• Elvis 6 Folder. The location of your Elvis 6 config/data folder.

Note: This field is pre-filled with the location of a default Elvis 6 installation, based on the operating system.

• Dump name. The name of the dump which is to be rolled-back.

Note: This field is pre-filled with the name of the last dump.

• Elvis 4 Data Folder. The location of your Elvis 4 data folder that was backed-up in Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6. This is the folder that contains the following sub folders:

• {Elvis Data folder}/mainFilestore
• {Elvis Data folder}/previewFilestore
• {Elvis Data folder}/versionFilestore

• Move files. Select this option when you are installing Elvis 6 on the same computer as Elvis 4 and want to move storage files rather then copy them. Use this option when there is not enough space to make a copy of storage files in Elvis 6. Moving files is also quicker than copying them if files are located on same physical device.

Step 6. Click Start import.

Progress bars appear to indicate the progress of various steps of the process.

Step 7. After the process is completed, click Close.

Step 8. Restart Elvis 6 Server and verify that all your data is in place.

Continue the migration process

Return to Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6 and continue with the next steps.