Hello Jim, have you also copied the stylename.xml? This file has an ID which is essential to reference and register the style with geoserver.
This ID turns up with the layer.xml in the workspace: <layer> <name>VMADD.ADDRESS</name> <id>LayerInfoImpl--4c68f0d5:128cd132f0d:-7f8a</id> <type>VECTOR</type> <defaultStyle> <id>StyleInfoImpl--*2e0631ee:136997f03ca:7037*</id> </defaultStyle> etc, etc....... That is why it makes sense to copy both directories, 'styles' and 'workspace' otherwise you will have layers that reference a style that does not exist and styles that are not used by your layers and the name does not matter as the connection is via the ID above. Cheers Christian ----- ____________________________ Dr Christian Maul Project Manager Information Services Branch Department of Sustainability and Environment Level13, Marland House, 570 Bourke Street Melbourne 3000 PO Box 500, East Melbourne Vic 3002 Telephone: +61-3-8636 2325 Telefax: +61-3-8636 2813 -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/copy-styles-directory-tp5076344p5076347.html Sent from the GeoServer - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041391&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users