Approaches for migrating portal objects from a source installation to a target installation
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1. A method of migrating objects from a source installation to a target installation, comprising:
- receiving input that selects a set of migrating objects, wherein the set of migrating objects is a set of objects at the source installation that are to be migrated to the target installation;
from a first set of one or more system tables at the source installation, copying metadata that defines the selected set of migrating objects into a first set of transport tables at the source installation;
exporting the metadata from the first set of transport tables at the source installation;
importing the metadata that was exported from the first set of transport tables into a second set of transport tables at the target installation site;
merging the metadata from the second set of transport tables into a second set of one or more system tables at the target installation, wherein merging the metadata comprises transferring at least a portion of the metadata from the second set of transport tables into the second set of one or more system tables; and
migrating the set of migrating objects into the target installation.
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Abstract
Approaches for migrating portal objects from a source installation to a target installation are disclosed. In one embodiment, when portal objects are selected to be migrated from a source installation to a target installation, the selected portal objects can be considered to form a transport set. The metadata of the transport set itself may be stored in infrastructure tables. Then the data in the transport tables (i.e. all the application specific data), plus the metadata in the infrastructure tables (about the transport set itself) are exported and/or imported to the target installation. In an embodiment, scripts are generated to perform export and/or import functions.
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1. A method of migrating objects from a source installation to a target installation, comprising:
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receiving input that selects a set of migrating objects, wherein the set of migrating objects is a set of objects at the source installation that are to be migrated to the target installation; from a first set of one or more system tables at the source installation, copying metadata that defines the selected set of migrating objects into a first set of transport tables at the source installation; exporting the metadata from the first set of transport tables at the source installation; importing the metadata that was exported from the first set of transport tables into a second set of transport tables at the target installation site; merging the metadata from the second set of transport tables into a second set of one or more system tables at the target installation, wherein merging the metadata comprises transferring at least a portion of the metadata from the second set of transport tables into the second set of one or more system tables; and migrating the set of migrating objects into the target installation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
- receiving input that selects a set of migrating objects, wherein the set of migrating objects is a set of objects at the source installation that are to be migrated to the target installation;
from a first set of one or more system tables at the source installation, copying metadata that defines the selected set of migrating objects into a first set of transport tables at the source installation; exporting the metadata from the first set of transport tables at the source installation; importing the metadata that was exported from the first set of transport tables into a second set of transport tables at the target installation site; merging the metadata from the second set of transport tables into a second set of one or more system tables at the target installation, wherein merging the metadata comprises transferring at least a portion of the metadata from the second set of transport tables into the second set of one or more system tables; and migrating the set of migrating objects into the target installation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- receiving input that selects a set of migrating objects, wherein the set of migrating objects is a set of objects at the source installation that are to be migrated to the target installation;
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