Oracle Files Administration Guide 9.0.3 Part Number A97358-01 |
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This appendix tells you how to migrate content and users from legacy systems to Oracle Files. Topics include:
Many Oracle Files administrators migrate data by scheduling downtime for the weekend, when file system usage is at a low point. The administrator can then perform the migration, shut down the old servers, and give the new server the same IP address, name, and other characteristics of the old system. When users arrive on Monday morning, they see the same file, FTP, or Web server they saw before. Some differences users may notice will be different paths to their files.
Consolidating users, folder hierarchy, content, and access privileges from other file server systems to Oracle Files involves moving:
The first task in moving to a new Oracle Files server is creating the user list. For each user you want to migrate to Oracle Files, you will need to create a new user using Oracle Internet Directory. For detailed information on this process, see the Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide.
Recreating the groups requires creating the groups, then adding the users to them.
If your management tools let you export group information to a file, you could then write a translation script to convert the groups into XML format and then load them into Oracle Files.
After creating users and groups, the next step is to move the files and folders into Oracle Files.
What actually gets moved? The files and folders themselves, as well as the basic metadata about them that any Copy command would support during a copy operation through FTP, Windows networking, or some other protocol. The filename, size, and date last modified are the key attributes that get copied along with the content.
However, there may be metadata that you cannot migrate from the old system to Oracle Files. For example, if your old file system or document repository stores owner information, this type of metadata may not be copied with the file. The owner in this case becomes the Oracle Files user copying the file, not the original owner in the old system.
Similarly, if applications running on the old system maintain metadata about files, this information will not be copied with the files. For example, a document management system may point to files in the old file system and add attributes to these files. Since this information is intrinsic to the document management system, not the file system, the extra metadata will not get copied along with the files.
When copying the files, you'll use one of the network protocols:
To FTP your files into Oracle Files, the following requirements must be met:
To FTP your files into Oracle Files:
Note: If you have trouble logging into Oracle Files using your FTP client, make sure to enter the correct port, which is chosen during configuration of Oracle Files. |
To retain the file structure: