Migrate Files from Oracle WebCenter Content Using Archiver and Content Capture

You can migrate Oracle WebCenter Content environments of moderate volume (less than 500,000 files) using Archiver and Content Capture. The Archiver tool, provided with Oracle WebCenter Content, can export document metadata and the corresponding files based on a provided search criteria. Content Capture, part of Oracle Content Management, can import files in bulk and process them automatically before uploading them to Oracle Content Management. Content Capture implicitly understands the Archiver output file format, simplifying the process of migrating documents from Oracle WebCenter Content to Oracle Content Management.

The following procedure assumes you've already 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 using Archiver and Content Capture, perform the following steps:

1. Use Archiver to manually export your source files from Oracle WebCenter Content into HDA format.

   For traditional Oracle WebCenter Content systems, the file content is stored either on the file system or in the database. The Archiver tool, provided by Oracle WebCenter Content, can be used to export file metadata and the corresponding files. Archiver exports content based on a provided search criteria. You can build conditions referencing system or custom metadata fields.

   For each Archiver export definition, Archiver creates a folder on the Oracle WebCenter Content server in the shared file space under the Weblogic domain. Within the export folder, Archiver creates subfolders for each performed export by date. The date folders store the metadata and files.

   More details about how the Archiver works, can be found at the following links:

   • Managing Archives, Collections, and Batch Files
   • Archive and Migration Strategies
2. Use Content Capture's file import agent to import the content and metadata from the exported HDA files into Oracle Content Management.

   You configure Content Capture to target the asset repository you created in Oracle Content Management, map the metadata fields from the HDA files to the fields in the Oracle Content Management asset types, and specify how you want your content files and attachments to be processed. Content Capture then uploads the contents of the archive folder to your repository in Oracle Content Management, and copies the corresponding metadata into the new assets.