[Dspace-tech] Item Import error WAS Re: <no subject>

[Karen_Savage]

Yes, thank you, this was what was generating the error. I was trying to use the item handle instead of the collection one.

However, now that I’ve got past that, I’m getting this error:
java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
    at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
    at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:850)
    at edu.sdsc.grid.io.local.LocalFile.createNewFile(LocalFile.java:481)
    at org.dspace.storage.bitstore.BitstreamStorageManager.store(BitstreamStorageManager.java:325)
    at org.dspace.content.Bitstream.create(Bitstream.java:184)
    at org.dspace.content.Bundle.createBitstream(Bundle.java:355)
    at org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport.processContentFileEntry(ItemImport.java:1045)
    at org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport.processContentsFile(ItemImport.java:972)
    at org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport.addItem(ItemImport.java:609)
    at org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport.addItems(ItemImport.java:476)
    at org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport.main(ItemImport.java:385)
java.io.IOException: No such file or directory

I’ve tried uploading a smaller subset (the full batch has over 800 files), and it keeps stopping three or four bitstreams in (a different one each time). Any ideas?

Thanks,

--
Karen S

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From: Stuart Lewis <s.l...@auckland.ac.nz>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:02:53 +1200
To: Karen Savage <Karen_...@baylor.edu>, <dspac...@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: RE: [Dspace-tech] <no subject>

Hi Karen,
 
Is 3029/2039 definitely a Collection? This error gets thrown if you try to deposit items into a handle that is an Item, rather than a Collection.
 
Thanks,
 
 
Stuart Lewis
Digital Services Programmer
Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library
Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Ph: 64 9 373-7599 x81928
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz <http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/> /

 
 

From: Karen_Savage [mailto:Karen_...@baylor.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 2009 3:36 a.m.
To: dspac...@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Dspace-tech] <no subject>

Hi,

I'm trying to do a batch import of files to a particular etd in our collection, but I keep getting the following error:
Destination collections:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: org.dspace.content.Item
    at org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport.main(ItemImport.java:341)

This is the command I'm running (I’ve switched out the ids):
/dspace/bin/dsrun org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport -a -e 2039 -c 3029/2039 -s import -m /mapfiles/mapfile_ball -t

This is my directory structure:
import
    001
        contents
        dublin_core.xml
        various files to upload
        
We're running Dspace 1.3.2. I double-checked all the log files and didn’t see any errors for the time that I last ran the command.

I'd appreciate any help or suggestions!

--
Karen Savage
Baylor University
Central Libraries
Electronic Libraries
ext. 3275

[Stuart Lewis]

Hi Karen,

 

The normal issue that causes this is if you have been running the importer as a different user to the user that is running tomcat, or another user has been changing files (maybe running the filter-media cron job as root etc). Check that all of the directories under [dspace]/assetstore/ are owned by the correct user.

 

DSpace randomly selects a set of directories to put a new file in, and if one of these happens to not be owned by the same user you are running the importer as, then it won’t be able to write the file, and will stop. So check they are all owned by the correct user or that you have the correct permissions to write to them.

 

Because Dspace randomly chooses the directories to write the file to, the importer will stop and different places randomly.

 

Hope this helps,

 

 

Stuart Lewis

Digital Services Programmer

Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library

Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Ph: 64 9 373-7599 x81928

http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/

[Savage, Karen R.]

Oh, it worked beautifully! Thanks so much!

--
Karen S


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From: Stuart Lewis <s.l...@auckland.ac.nz>

Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:41:49 +1200

To: Karen Savage <Karen_...@baylor.edu>, <dspac...@lists.sourceforge.net>

Subject: RE: [Dspace-tech] Item Import error WAS Re: <no subject>

Hi Karen,

The normal issue that causes this is if you have been running the importer as a different user to the user that is running tomcat, or another user has been changing files (maybe running the filter-media cron job as root etc). Check that all of the directories under [dspace]/assetstore/ are owned by the correct user.

DSpace randomly selects a set of directories to put a new file in, and if one of these happens to not be owned by the same user you are running the importer as, then it won't be able to write the file, and will stop. So check they are all owned by the correct user or that you have the correct permissions to write to them.

Because Dspace randomly chooses the directories to write the file to, the importer will stop and different places randomly.

Hope this helps,


Stuart Lewis
Digital Services Programmer
Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library
Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Ph: 64 9 373-7599 x81928