Exporting application artifacts from IBM Connections 4.5 or 5.0

Export application artifacts, such as configuration data, from your 4.5 or 5.0 deployment.

1. Fully synchronize of all the nodes in the IBM Connections cluster.
   Note: The migration tool does not migrate custom fields in IBM Connections configuration files. Nor does it migrate the validation.xml file. This file is needed by the Struts validation framework and is accessed when IBM Connections starts. To ensure that your custom fields and files are usable after the upgrade is complete, see the Saving your customizations and Post-migration tasks topics.
2. Open a command line on the IBM Connections 4.5 or 5.0 system, change to the connections_root/migration directory and run the following command:
   Note: The migration tool does not migrate the content stores. For more information, see Content store migration.
   • AIX® or Linux:

     ./migration.sh lc-export

   • Windows:

     migration.bat lc-export

   Notes:

   • The lc-export command exports the following data:
     • Configuration files in the LotusConnections-config directory. You can find this directory in the following location:
       • profile_root/config/cells/DM_cell_name/LotusConnections-config
     • Properties files in the connections_root directory

   • The exported data is stored in the /work directory. Check the log file to validate the export. The log file is stored in the system user's home directory and uses the following naming format:

     lc-migration-yyyyMMdd_HHmm_ss.log

     For example:

     • AIX or Linux:

       /root/lc-migration-20101215_1534_26.log

     • Windows:

       C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\lc-migration-20101215_1534_26.log

   • You can reuse the IBM Connections 4.5 or 5.0 content stores or copy them to your new content store. For more information, see the Content store migration topic.
   • The properties that you export are no longer used in IBM Connections 5.5 due to a change in technology used in the product. Therefore, you do not see these properties if you import application artifacts after you migrate to IBM Connections 5.5, this is expected behavior.
3. Back up the /work directory to a location outside your IBM Connections deployment.