1. Administering Oracle Content Management
  2. Migrate Oracle Content Management
  3. Migrate Files to Oracle Content Management Assets
  4. Migrate Files from Oracle WebCenter Content 12c to Oracle Content Management Assets

Migrate Files from Oracle WebCenter Content 12c to Oracle Content Management Assets

The May 2022 bundle patch for Oracle WebCenter Content 12.2.1.4.0 introduced Object Storage Migration Tool to migrate content from either a file or database storage location to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object storage. This object storage migration tool leverages a given search criteria to identify documents, and then moves the corresponding files to the new storage provider. Leveraging searches allows for migrating content from different departments (or document types) at different times. It can also provide an “oldest first” approach or an “only the newest” approach. This migration can be performed while the system continues to operate in production.

The following procedure assumes you've already started a service request, mapped your source data structure and security to Oracle Content Management asset features, created your Oracle Content Management instance, and created the asset structure in Oracle Content Management.

To migrate files from Oracle WebCenter Content 12c, perform the following steps:

  1. Create an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object storage bucket for Oracle WebCenter Content.

    Although you can create your object storage bucket in any compartment, using the compartment you created for Oracle Content Management during Oracle Content Management instance creation is the most efficient. Consider the following:

    • The easiest and fastest migration occurs when the bucket for the source content is created within the Oracle Content Management compartment.
    • If the files are uploaded to a compartment in a distant physical location, copying the content to Oracle Content Management will take longer.
    • In order for the migration tool to reach the content in a separate compartment, a security grant is required to allow access to the content.

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  2. Use the Object Storage Migration Tool to export your source files from WebCenter Content to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object storage.
    1. The Object Storage Migration Tool is in a new WebCenter Content component (OCIObjectStorage). If necessary, enable the component via the Advanced Component Manager.
    2. Configure the Oracle WebCenter Content instance to point to the object storage bucket.
    3. The migration tool works with the My Saved Queries feature of the Content Server. Define a search query for the files you want to migrate using the Search Builder form.
    4. Run a Direct Transfer migration to migrate the files from Oracle WebCenter Content to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object storage.
    5. If you want the migration utility to clean up the Oracle WebCenter Content system, run the clean-up process.
    6. The migration utility runs a verification process to ensure that all the documents selected using the saved search were picked up during the migration job run.
  3. Export source file metadata to CSV. You'll send this metadata file with your migration service request so that the source content can be properly mapped to the target environment.
  4. Submit a file migration service request, keeping up with any updates to the service request, and providing information to Oracle Support and the migration team as necessary. Oracle Support will work with you and the migration team to gather additional required details, finalize a migration date, and execute the migration.