Migrating DSpace 4.x to 7.3 REST

[Antonio Sebastian Nicolas Ferrada Vasquez]

Hello,
I am a newbie in linux and in servers in general and I am installing for the first time DSpace 7.3 in a server (ubuntu 22.04), I had never done it and I had a lot of question but I somewhat did it right.

my problem is that if is posible to migrate data from an old server (DSpace 4.x) to a new one (DSpace 7.3) without the need to do an update/upgrade?

and if so, how?

again I apologize for the obvious question, but reading the documentation on how to migrate I feel somewhat overwhelmed with so little knowledge I have.

Please advise, Thank you.

Antonio Ferrada V.
Studen of Chilean Adventist University

[Tim Donohue]

Hi Antonio,

I'm not exactly sure if this answers your question, but it's possible to upgrade (or migrate) from any older version of DSpace to any newer version.

We have a guide for both upgrades and migrations (to a new server) in our Documentation at:

https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Upgrading+DSpace

https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Migrating+DSpace+to+a+new+server

If this is not what you are looking for, then we may need more details about what you are trying to do.

Tim

[Antonio Sebastian Nicolas Ferrada Vasquez]

Hello Tim,

thank you very much for answering, unfortunately I understand little of what I am doing so it is difficult for me to ask my questions well, my main question is, is there a need to do an update/upgrade before migrating the data to the new server? or Can I dump the data and migrate it without further ado? wouldn't there be no complications?

thanks again for any response.
Antonio

[Tim Donohue]

Hi Antonio,

Yes, you can migrate your DSpace to a separate server without​ upgrading if you wish.  The steps would be the same as detailed at https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Migrating+DSpace+to+a+new+server   The only difference would be that you'd just install the same version of DSpace on the new server.

You can also migrate & upgrade at the same time by following those same instructions (just install the new version​ of DSpace on the new server first... then migrate your existing data into the new version of DSpace as described in those instructions).

Either way, I recommend testing the migration process first, as it'll help you learn more about the process.  It also gives you the opportunity to ask more specific questions on this list if you run into things that are confusing.

Tim

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