I'm thinking maybe I'll just save our current 1.4.2 /dspace directory somewhere
I'll have access to it if I need to, and then completely wipe all
subdirectories out of /dspace and let them get built "new" from the 1.5.1 maven
and ant steps. I'm thinking that should work fine since, if I was doing a
first-time installation, we wouldn't have an existing /dspace directory anyway
and it would get built from the /dspace-source files too...oh, and yes I think
I'll move assetstore to a different location rather than under /dspace so that
won't be an issue either. Does my plan sound prudent to you?
Thanks Mark!
Sue
p.s. If you can think of any other 1.4.2-->1.5.1 Test-->Production migration
tips that might help me out, I'd appreciate that as well!!! :)
________________________________
From: Mark Diggory [mailto:mdigg...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 9:28 AM
To: Thornton, Susan M. (LARC-B702)[RAYTHEON TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY]
Cc: DSpace Tech; Kimbrough, Glenn W. (LARC-B7)[NCI]
Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Question about /dspace directory when upgrading from
1.4.2 to 1.5.1
Susan,
I try to answer inline...
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Thornton, Susan M. (LARC-B702)[RAYTHEON
TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY]
<susan.m.thorn...@nasa.gov<mailto:susan.m.thorn...@nasa.gov>> wrote:
What is the best way to get your /dspace directory correctly
upgraded in Production? It seems to me that I've been unclear on this in
previous releases and have had problems as a result. My confusion arises from
the following factors:
1. The directory/file structure in DSpace 1.5.1 under /dspace
is different:
a. /jsp directory resides under /dspace in 1.4.2; no /jsp directory in
1.5.1
the jsp directory that goes into /dspace was never used outside the source tree
in 1.4.2 so you should feel comfortable removing it.
b. The /bin directory never got overlaid when you recompiled the
application in 1.4.2; in 1.5.1, the /bin directory gets rebuilt from
/dspace-source/dspace/bin every time you reassemble/recompile the application
not only the bin, but files do get added to the "config", and the "lib",
"webapp" and "etc" directories are backed up each build so that they can be
recovered if necessary.
c. /assetstore resides under /dspace in 1.4.2 and 1.5.1, however I do NOT
want to copy over my test (1.5.1) /assetstore over my prod (1.4.2) assetstore
b/c I only have a subset of data in Test
An option, change the dspace.cfg assetstore location outside the /dspace
directory and maintain it separately.
2. When I first started our 1.5.1 implementation in Test, I
copied everything under /dspace/bin in 1.4.2 to /dspace-source/dspace/bin;
however we have added new files and modified some old files in /dspace/bin in
1.4.2 since then - very confusing as to which /dspace/bin files are the
"correct" ones
You should take all your changes in the /dspace/bin and try to maintain them in
your [dspace-source]/dspace/bin rather than maintaining them directly in the
installation. Next time you need to upgrade, you'll have them in the
[dspace-source]. If you maintain your [dspace-source] in a version control
system, then you can keep track of those changes as if they are "source" just
like all your other changes.
The documentation for upgrading from 1.4.2 to 1.5.1 does not specifically
address this issue.
I caution the documentation needs updating to address such issues and that we
need volunteers to work on this documentation from the community.
Mark
--
Mark R. Diggory
@mire NV USA
http://www.atmire.com
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