upgrade and migrate the dspace server

[Germán Morales G.]

Good afternoon I hope you are well, hopefully someone can help me with a question I have, I want to configure a new server in which to install an updated version of dspace, however I want to transfer all the data that I have from the previous dspace that is in another server (data files and pdf), is this possible? the current dspace is 5.6 and i want to change it to version 6 more stable dspace-cris, if so could someone guide me through this please, in advance thank you very much

[gonza...@gmail.com]

Hi,

as a general workflow, a traditional backup and restore of your bitstreams and database will work fine.

1. fresh install of the last DSpace version into the new VM

2. backup source DSpace:

2.a. pg_dump for the database

2.b. full backup of your [dspace]/assetsstore folder

3. restore that content into the new DSpace

3.a. migrate the database using [dspace]/bin/dspace command [1]

3.b. create a new [dspace]/assetsstore folder into your new instance

[1] https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC6x/Upgrading+DSpace --> take a special look at step 11 Upgrade your database

You should take a look at AIP backup and restore too (there's a comparison between traditional backup and AIP ): https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC6x/AIP+Backup+and+Restore

Eventually, depending on your actual settings and deployed installation, you should be considering local customizations, migrating statistics, user interface, deployed webapps, etc.

Good luck!

Gonzalo