Hello -
I am trying to duplicate our Collaborator Community installation (v 10.1.10100) on a new server so that I can practice upgrading to the shiny new Collaborator Team server we just purchased. I can install the server, but I cannot get Collaborator to pick up the old database entries.
My thought is that I messed up the first time I installed the server and it created an empty database -- now it won't overwrite the existing database no matter what I do. How do I reset / remove / uninstall the ccollab-server instance so I can take another run at it?
Or is there something else I'm missing?
Thanks,
Dave
OK, so that was easier than I thought -- I got the server uninstalled and removed, but I don't see how it's possible to follow the instructions as you have them.
I followed teh migration steps to create a dump of the database and settings. When I install the Community version, it creates the database and starts up automatically. That effectively blocks me from initializing the database with the dump, as I need to edit the file prior to the service startup.
I'll try it again and see what happens, but the instructions are very confusing in regards to the embedded database.
Hi,
Try the following:
1. Finish the installation and stop the Collaborator server.
2. Go to <collab dir>/tomcat/ and delete these files if they exist:
database.script
database.properties
database.data
3. From here you can follow the instructions in the documentation. Basically edit the ROOT.xml file to specify the location of the dump.
If you are on Windows, open the services program and stop the ccollab-server service.
For linux/unix use these commands to start and stop the service <collab dir>/ccollab-server:
./ccollab-server start ./ccollab-server stop
That did it! I also needed to restore the content files once it was complete, but now I can ensure the upgrade won't do damage to our current isntallation. I'll let you know if I run into anything else, but so far it looks good...
