[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Upgrade from 2.4.1 SP1 to 2.6 - Big Effort?

[sohil.shah@jboss.com]

anonymous wrote : 
  | What I am aiming for is everything to be in 2.6, but I want the directories and files in CMS to reflect the things that we created and imported during our 2.4.1 incarnation. Is this possible without re-creating and re-importing the files to the new database? 
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the database schema and data is the same between 2.4.1 and 2.6. Ofcourse new tables are added for the cms security and workflow which are missing in 2.4. However, you don't need to migrate any data between 2.4.1 and 2.6


anonymous wrote : 
  | Can the 2.6 Portal point to two different databases: one as the CMS repository and one for all non-CMS-repository data? Can you define two datasources in portal-hsqldb-ds.xml (the second one called cmsDS) and then edit the jboss-service.xml in default\deploy\jboss-portal.sar\portal-cms.sar\META-INF so that it points to the cmsDS? 
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No, because the Security and Workflow feature are associated with the Portal Identity which is stored in the Portal database. Also, I am not sure what this will buy you. 

anonymous wrote : 
  | When I run the server and access the default page, I get a strange combo of the old and the new: The theme is from the 2.4.1 instance, but the text for the Greetings! portlet is from 2.6. Everything is mixed. And there is a message in the Navigation portlet
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This might just be some cleanup issue in 2.6. The true test would be to create the content in a 2.4.1 instance in the database. Leaving the database as is, and loading the 2.6 portal instance. Your CMS content should stay in tact including versions etc.

You can test this by navigating the content via the Content Admin tool on both instances. If you do, I would be interested to know what you find

anonymous wrote : 
  |  But this hasn't been developed yet for 2.4 to 2.6. If my conclusion is erroneous . . . please set me straight. 
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There is no data migration necessary between 2.4 and 2.6 so far.


Hope this helps

Thanks








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