Archiver Introduction to Migration Tools and Components

Managing System Migration and Archiving 8-3 keep track of incremental updates to an existing system. The Configuration Migration Utility captures configuration information while the Archiver captures content. For details about using the Configuration Migration Utility, see Section 8.2, Migrating System Configurations.

8.1.2 Archiver

Archiver can be used with the Migration utility to migrate a complete Oracle Content Server instance, including content, from one system to another. Overview Archiver can be run as an Admin Applet, accessed from the Admin menu, or as a standalone version. The standalone version is required to: ■ Create collections ■ Create a new archive by copying from an existing archive ■ Browse the local file system to connect to new collections For details about using Archiver in standalone mode, see Section 8.3.2.5, Running the Archiver as a Standalone Application. Functions Archiver is a Java applet that is used to transfer and reorganize Oracle Content Server files and information. Archiver has four main functions: ■ Export: Used to copy native and web-viewable files out of the Oracle Content Server instance for backup, storage, or import to another Oracle Content Server instance. You can also export content types and user attributes. You export to an archive, which contains the exported files and their metadata in the form of batch files. ■ Import: Used to retrieve files and Oracle Content Server information from an exported archive. Importing is typically used to get a copy of content from another Oracle Content Server instance or to restore data that has been in storage. You can also change metadata values during an import. ■ Transfer: Used to transfer content from one Oracle Content Server instance to another over sockets. This is typically used to move or copy content across a firewall or between two Oracle Content Server instances that do not have access to the same file system. You can also use the Transfer function to transfer archive files between Oracle Content Server systems that have access to the same file system. Note: Archiver does not include Digital Asset Management DAM video and audio renditions in the archives it creates. The archives do include the native file, thumbnail, the zip rendition that contains storyboard thumbnails, and the web-viewable .hcsp file, but do not include any additional video and audio renditions created by Inbound Refinery. This limitation is by design. Many video files would make the archive too large, surpassing the 2GB limit on zip files. Also, in man production instances the video renditions are likely to be stored on a separate file system. 8-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrators Guide for Oracle Content Server ■ Replicate: Used to automate the export, import, and transfer functions. For example, you can use replication to automatically export from one Oracle Content Server instance, transfer the archive to another computer, and import to another Oracle Content Server instance. The following illustration demonstrates these basic functions. Figure 8–1 Archiver Functions

8.1.3 Folder Archiving