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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Michael,<br>
<br>
The "export3data.pl" script included in the migration toolkit will
generate EPrints3 XML from your EPrints2 repository. It won't
change anything, it just generates XML so this won't break
anything.<br>
<br>
Have a go at exporting data to see that the basic mechanisms work.<br>
<br>
Then you could set up your new hardware / 3.3 as a test server
(test.the_url_you_want) to run in parallel to your EP2 repository
to allow you to test that URLs are preserved and that all the
metadata is imported successfully. <br>
<br>
Then on your new shiny EPrints 3.3 there's an import script
(bin/import) that takes EPrints3 XML and that will import your
item ID as well as the metadata (hence will preserve your URLs).
You may need to pass special options to import the item ID's
(bin/import --help will tell you).<br>
<br>
Let us know how you're getting on.<br>
<br>
Of course importing the data is an important step but you may also
need to re-do the branding/templates, etc.<br>
<br>
Seb<br>
<br>
On 21/02/14 15:28, Michael Street wrote:<br>
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Hello,<br>
<br>
I have a repository that I set up many years ago and maintenance
of which has passed away and back again. It's an eprints 2 repo
that is functioning fine but the administrators would like to
upgrade/migrate it to version 3. I believe it's about 7 years old
now. The machine has never been upgraded, not even the OS.<br>
<br>
I have the new hardware but I just can't figure out the best way
to achieve this. I've looked at the migration script written by
cjg but I'm worried to try code so old. <br>
<br>
Is there a way to just export everything in a format that can be
brought into the latest version? <br>
<br>
If not, then I do have the people available to input old the
eprints into the new version. The only issue with that is that
the URLs MUST match the original ones. This new machine will
eventually replace the original, once everything is migrated
over. Is there anyway to directly edit the eprint id of a
deposit?<br>
<br>
Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
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