Cloud File Storage Migration Tool¶
This document describes the IFS Cloud File Storage Migration Tool, or FS Mig Tool for short.
What is this tool?¶
This tool copies BLOBs/files from almost any source database to Cloud File Storage.
In this document, the terms "migrate" or "transfer" will also be used. It's important to understand that no file will be "moved", i.e. copied and then automatically deleted in the source database. Only a copy is being made.
The target audience of the tool are customers with many documents and media items who are upgrading from IFS Applications to IFS Cloud and where the database is too big to be moved into the cloud before the files can be moved into File Storage.
This migration tool will only do the copy from the source database to the target IFS Cloud environment. Manual work is required to complete the process, and this document will explain it.
Alternatives¶
For "smaller" installations, where the full source database can be moved into the managed cloud environment as is, there are two IFS Cloud Web assistants for moving document files and media items to IFS Cloud File Storage (Transfer Documents and Transfer Media, respectively.)
That option is fully automatic and is preferable to using this tool.
What is this tool not?¶
This tool is not a magic wand that will automatically do all the steps needed for migration of large Docman and media implementations.
Manual steps, including analyzing the source data, as well as performing post-activities will be needed.
For example, when the tool has copied all the data, and when the rest of the database has been moved into the cloud and upgraded, all the file pointers in the upgraded database must be changed to point to the File Storage file repository. Example post-scripts are included with the tool and this documentation explains the process too.
Supported functionality¶
The following areas of IFS Applications are supported:
- Docman - Database, Shared and FTP repositories (the latter two with limitations - read on below).
- Media Library - Only the media_object column from media_item_tab is copied. This is the full-size/original media file. Thumbnails are not copied, and neither are media texts (CLOBs).
FTP and Shared repository support¶
Although the tool supports documents stored in Shared and FTP document repositories, it does not use the basic data for document repositories to find out where to read the files on. The file location needs to be specified in a text file, which means the text file option is needed for these two repository types. In the text file, the location of the file needs to be defined and it's up to the user of the tool to make sure they have access to this folder, given the user who runs the tool and where the tool is run from. If a network share is used, it's up to the user or admin to make sure the tool can read from the share. The tool has no built-in authentication mechanism for FTP or network shares/SMB.
What does "valid" mean?¶
In this document, we mention "valid" documents and media. Certain checks are done for each record that is a candidate for migration.
For documents, this is what "valid" means:
- The document must exist. This is relevant when document information is provided in a text file.
- The document must be checked in. Documents that are checked out or in any other state will be ignored and have to be handled separately.
- The document repository type must be Database, FTP, or Shared.
- The document transfer status is not In Progress.
- The document transfer status is not Done (unless it has changed from when it was last transferred.)
For media, this is what "valid" means:
- The media item must exist. This is relevant when media information is provided in a text file.
- The media item is not empty. It must have a size larger than zero (0) bytes.
- The media item status is not In Progress.
- The media item transfer status is not Done (unless it has changed from when it was last transferred.)
Supported IFS source database versions¶
The following source database versions have been tested on:
- Apps 8
- Apps 9
- Apps 10
- IFS Cloud 21R2
Supported IFS target versions¶
- IFS Cloud 21R2 and later
Where can I get a copy of this tool?¶
You can download it from here
After downloading the zip file, unpack it anywhere on the client where it will be run.
Installation, preparation, prerequisites¶
Disabling anti virus scanner¶
We recommend disabling the FILE SCANNING property in system parameters before running the tool.
Steps to disable the FILE SCANNING property
- In IFS Cloud, go to System Parameters page (Solution Manager > Setup > System Parameters)
- Search for category "File Scan Settings" and parameter "Enable file scan to detect malware"
- Change the Value to "Disabled"
The purpose of this recommendation is to improve the performance of the migration with high data load. If you have the requirement to scan the files for viruses during migration, we recommend migrating files phase by phase filtering into different categories. For example; Filtering to Media Item types for Media, Filtering to Document Classes for Documents, Using a separate file as input with Document or Media keys that are needed to be migrated and scanned.
Properties of the client machine running the tool¶
Followings are highly reccomended when creating a suitable environment for the tool to run.
- The device which the tool runs needs to have a free RAM resource of 3GB.
- To get a higher performance, try to run the tool in a device which has fast access to the source database.
Additional installation steps¶
Before the tool can be used these steps needs to be taken:
- Installing a custom PL/SQL API used by the tool in the source database
- Create an IAM client for cloud authentication in the target IFS Cloud environment, a service user and a permission set
- Configure the target environment with all file extensions
- Make sure all media items have a file extension
Installing the PL/SQL API in the source database¶
The API is installed by executing the file FsMigTool.sql in the database folder in SQL*Plus or any other similar tool. It needs to be deployed in the application owner schema since it requires direct access to the source tables.
Note: This script is ONLY meant to be installed in the source database.
Creating the IAM client¶
In order to connect to the target IFS Cloud environment, a client ID and client secret needs to be set up, including a service user to be used. This is done in the IAM Client page in IFS Cloud Web.
The service user used for the IAM client needs to have been granted the projection FssMigrationHandling via a permission set.
Follow these steps:
- Create a user named FS_MIG_TOOL. Set User Type to Service User
- Create a permission set named FS_MIG (it should be an End User Role)
- Grant the FssMigrationHandling projection to the permission set FS_MIG
- Grant the FS_MIG permission set to the FS_MIG_TOOL user
- Create a IAM client with the name IFS_fsmigtool.
- Enable it and select Service Accounts
- In the Username field, select the new FS_MIG_TOOL user and save
For more details on IAM client, refer to the technical documentation for IFS Cloud.
Make sure all media items have a file extension¶
In order for a media item to be transferred, it must have a valid file extension. There is one scenario where a file name and extension is missing, and that is when a user has copied and pasted an image (not an image file), to the Attachments / Media panel in IEE.
The file name and file extension are saved in the media_file column in media_item_tab. The following UPDATE statement can be used to populate it with a file extension by analyzing the media content (media_object column) itself:
UPDATE media_item_tab m1
SET media_file =
(SELECT name || '.' ||
CASE
WHEN DBMS_LOB.Substr(media_object, 3, 1) = hextoraw('FFD8FF') THEN 'JPG'
WHEN DBMS_LOB.Substr(media_object, 8, 1) = hextoraw('89504E470D0A1A0A') THEN 'PNG'
WHEN DBMS_LOB.Substr(media_object, 4, 1) = hextoraw('47494638') THEN 'GIF'
END AS image_type
FROM media_item_tab m2
WHERE m1.item_id = m2.item_id)
WHERE (media_file IS NULL
OR media_file NOT LIKE '%.%')
AND media_item_type = 'IMAGE';
Only image formats are supported since the problem should only happen there. If needed, the above can be extened to audio and video file formats as well.
Configure the target environment with all file extensions¶
The OData provider has a feature to stop the transfer of files with unwanted file extensions. In order to allow uploading of all document and media files all file extensions needs to be added to an allowed list of file extensions.
Open Solution Manager / Setup / System Parameters and find the parameter Allowed File Extensions except which are specified in DOCMAN and Media Extension.
The following query can be executed in the source database to generate a comma-separated list of all the file extensions used by IFS Document Management:
SELECT LISTAGG(file_extention, ',')
WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY file_extention) AS file_extensions
FROM edm_application_tab;
For media items, this is the list of supported file extensions:
PNG,JPG,JPEG,GIF,BMP,TIF,MP3,WMA,OGG,MID,AAC,WMV,WAV,TXT,MOV,MP4,FLV,VOB,AVI,MKV,MNG,AMV,MPEG,M4V,3GP,MXF,MPV
Add the output of both these lists to the extensions already there in the parameter.
Overall process of migrating files¶
- Analyze data in the source database or Shared and FTP repository folders
- Decide what to migrate and not
- Migrate the data (what this tool does)
- Delete migrated data from the source database (example scripts provided)
- Export meta data from fss_file_tab (documented here).
- Move database to IFS managed cloud and upgrade to IFS Cloud
- Import exported meta data into fss_file_tab.
- Make sure fs_mig_status_tab is there in the target environment database, with the most recent data from the source database.
- Update all file references (documents and media, scripts provided) by using the provided POST scripts, or using data migration
Migration Tool Usage¶
This tool uses Java technology. A Java JRE is bundled with this tool under the Java folder.
Use the FsMigTool.cmd script in the root folder to start the tool. The script accepts the following command line arguments:
--alldocs | --docsfromfile FILE | --docsfromfile FILE --docsfromfilesource DB/FOLDER | --docclasses CLASS1,CLASS2,...
--allmedia | --mediafromfile FILE | --mediatype IMAGE|VIDEO|AUDIO
--dbconn CONNSTRING
--dbuser USERNAME
--dbpass PASSWORD
--cloudurl URL
--cloudclientid CLIENTID
--cloudclientsecret CLIENTSECRET
--cloudrealm CLOUDREALM
Docman options:¶
When transferring documents, only one of these options can be used at a time. The options go from simple and easy to use to advanced but more flexible.
--alldocs
Transfer all valid document files
--docclasses CLASS1,CLASS2,...
Transfer all valid document files from a comma-separated list of document classes
--docsfromfile FILE
Reads the information about each document that should be copied from a comma-separated text file (see example below)
--docsfromfile FILE --docsfromfilesource DB/FOLDER
Reads the information about each document that should be copied from a comma-separated text file and file source (see example below)
Note:¶
- --docsfromfile FILE --docsfromfilesource DB -> This will behave as same as --docsfromfile FILE as mentioned above.
- --docsfromfile FILE --docsfromfilesource FOLDER -> This will be checking for an extra comma-separated column to locate the file source (supports both local and network shares/folders)
Media library options:¶
For media, the following options are available. As with documents, only one option at a time can be used:
--allmedia
Transfer all valid media.
--mediatype IMAGE|VIDEO|AUDIO
Transfer either image, video or audio media. Only one option can be used at a time.
--mediafromfile FILE
The media item IDs for the media to be copied are taken from a text file (see example below)
Database (source) options:¶
--dbconn CONNSTRING
This is a JDBC connection on the following format: jdbc:oracle:thin:@//DBSERVER:DBPORT/SID.
--dbuser USERNAME
The database username for logging in to the source database. You should use the application owner username here.
--dbpass PASSWORD
Password for the database user.
IFS Cloud connection options:¶
The tool uses a client ID and client secret to connect. This needs to be configured in the IAM Client page.
--cloudurl URL
The root/server URL (e.g. https://my-server.com)
--cloudclientid CLIENTID
Client ID
--cloudclientsecret CLIENTSECRET
Client secret
--cloudrealm CLOUDREALM
Cloud realm
Logging options¶
--logmigtable
This enables logging in the fs_mig_log_tab table in the database. The information added to the log table is the same logged to the local log file (that logging is always enabled).
A note on performance
Since each database log entry requires a database call, this logging has an impact on the overall performance. The lower the network latency is, the lower effect database logging has. It is recommended to use this for testing only or when it is necessary to keep the log information in the database. Since the log information is in the database the overall transfer can be remotely monitored in detail by querying the database log table.
Note: transfer status information saved in the fs_mig_status_tab table cannot be disabled as it is critical to know the transfer status of each file.
Examples:¶
All media
In this example all valid media will be transferred
fsmigtool --allmedia --dbconn "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//DBSERVER:1521/SID" --dbuser appowneruser --dbpass appownerpassword --cloudurl https://your-ifs-server-url.com --cloudclientid IFS_fssmigtool --cloudclientsecret your-client-secret-goes-here --cloudrealm ifscloudr2devcmb
Media defined in a text file
In this example the media items that should be copied are defined in a text file, media.txt.
fsmigtool --mediafromfile media.txt --dbconn "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//DBSERVER:1521/SID" --dbuser appowneruser --dbpass appownerpassword --cloudurl https://your-ifs-server-url.com --cloudclientid IFS_fssmigtool --cloudclientsecret your-client-secret-goes-here --cloudrealm ifscloudr2devcmb
Media of a certain type
fsmigtool --mediatype IMAGE --dbconn "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//DBSERVER:1521/SID" --dbuser appowneruser --dbpass appownerpassword --cloudurl https://your-ifs-server-url.com --cloudclientid IFS_fssmigtool --cloudclientsecret your-client-secret-goes-here --cloudrealm ifscloudr2devcmb
Above, all media images will be transferred.
Documents of certain classes
fsmigtool --docclasses DRAWING,SPEC --dbconn "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//DBSERVER:1521/SID" --dbuser appowneruser --dbpass appownerpassword --cloudurl https://your-ifs-server-url.com --cloudclientid IFS_fssmigtool --cloudclientsecret your-client-secret-goes-here --cloudrealm ifscloudr2devcmb
Above, all valid documents with the class DRAWING or SPEC will be transferred.
Documents defined in a text file
In this example the documents that should be copied are defined in a text file, documents.txt (the file can have any name).
fsmigtool --docsfromfile documents.txt --dbconn "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//DBSERVER:1521/SID" --dbuser appowneruser --dbpass appownerpassword --cloudurl https://your-ifs-server-url.com --cloudclientid IFS_fssmigtool --cloudclientsecret your-client-secret-goes-here --cloudrealm ifscloudr2devcmb
The format of the text file is documented under Format of the document information text file.
Documents defined in a text file with file source
In this example the documents that should be copied, as well as the file location (a folder) are defined in the text file documents.txt (the file can have any name).
Note: A new column is needed in the text file -> Folder path that particular file is located in. This is used together with the remote file name.¶
fsmigtool --docsfromfile documents.txt --docsfromfilesource FOLDER --dbconn "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//DBSERVER:1521/SID" --dbuser appowneruser --dbpass appownerpassword --cloudurl https://your-ifs-server-url.com --cloudclientid IFS_fssmigtool --cloudclientsecret your-client-secret-goes-here --cloudrealm ifscloudr2devcmb
Above, "FOLDER" is NOT the name of the folder to copy files from. See comment above the example.
The format of the text file is documented under Format of the document information text file.
Transfer documents and media in the same run
fsmigtool --alldocs --allmedia --dbconn "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//DBSERVER:1521/SID" --dbuser appowneruser --dbpass appownerpassword --cloudurl https://your-ifs-server-url.com --cloudclientid IFS_fssmigtool --cloudclientsecret your-client-secret-goes-here --cloudrealm ifscloudr2devcmb
Above, all valid documents and all valid media will be transferred. Note: read about the non-existent official support for parallel transfers at the end of this document.
What happens during a transfer?¶
- Lock record (only documents) - A document has its file status set to Operation In Progress while it is being transferred to IFS Cloud File Storage. This is to stop any user from editing the document while it is copied.
- Create transfer status record in fss_mig_status_tab, set to In Progress
- Transfer (copy) data from the source database to IFS Cloud File Storage. The file is streamed and is never saved temporarily on the local disk.
- Unlock record (documents) - The document file status is set back to Checked In
- Set transfer status to Done, or Failed if the transfer failed
Monitoring: Logs and transfer status information¶
Information about the status of each transfer is saved in a local log file and can also be recorded in a table in the source database.
The overall progress of the migration is shown on the terminal where the tool was started, but additional information can be extracted from the log file or the database tables described below.
Log files¶
The tool creates local log files for each run. The files have a name on the following format:
"FsMigTool - YYYY.MM.DD.HH24.MI.N"
The date and time is when the tool was started and it will remain the same during the whole execution. N is a log number, starting at 0 for the latest log file, 1 for the previous, 2 for the one previous to that, and so on (highest number = oldest log file in that run.) New log files are created during a run if the size exceeds 5 MB.
Database tables used by the tool¶
When the tool is installed, two database tables are added to keeping track of transfer status for each record (mandatory) and for logging (optional).
After all files have been migrated and the files are deleted from the source database, it's very important that first mentioned table below, fs_mig_status_tab, is exported from the source database and then imported to the target database after the main upgrade. If the upgrade happens in phases and the target environent database is replaced, it's important to make sure the fs_mig_status_tab has the most recent data.
Depending on if it's a proper upgrade or a fresh install + data migration, how to get the fs_mig_status_tab into the target environment can differ. If it's an upgrade that happens in one go, and after the files have been migrated, then the fs_mig_status_tab should exist in the target environment and with all data.
fs_mig_status_tab¶
Columns:
lu_name VARCHAR2(100) NOT NULL
key_ref VARCHAR2(2000) NOT NULL
object_rowversion DATE NOT NULL
content_length NUMBER NULL
status VARCHAR2(20) NOT NULL
status_date TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
This table is critical since it keeps track of what records that has been transfered, the status of the transfer, the version of the record that was transfered and when the record was transfered. This information allows rerunning the tool over and over again until all valid records has been transfered successfully.
All transfered data is recorded in this table, for all areas, by using the generic LU name and Key Ref approach.
This table can be joined with other database tables to find out what data that has been transferred and what data is left to be transferred.
The values used for LU name for documents and media is EdmFileStorage (the entity that keeps the document BLOBs) and MediaItem, respectively. The key refs are the proper key refs for these LUs/entities.
Example:
- A document key ref: DOC_CLASS=200^DOC_NO=120001^DOC_REV=A1^DOC_SHEET=1^DOC_TYPE=ORIGINAL^FILE_NO=1^
- A media item key ref: ITEM_ID=1234^
fs_mig_log_tab¶
Columns:
lu_name VARCHAR2(100) NOT NULL
key_ref VARCHAR2(2000) NOT NULL
log_timestamp TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
info VARCHAR2(4000) NOT NULL
The log table optionally keeps track of detailed information about the different steps involved in transferring each record. The recorded data is not used by the tool itself, but can be used for analyzing the details of the transfers.
Retrying transfers¶
If a transfer fails, it can be retried by running the tool again with the same input. All records that was successfully transferred will be skipped, unless they have changed since they were transfered the last time.
Retrying things that went well¶
It's possible to make the tool try a successful transfer again.
For documents, run the following UPDATE statement in the source database to make the tool transfer a certain document again:
UPDATE fs_mig_status_tab
SET object_rowversion = object_rowversion - 1
WHERE lu_name = 'EdmFileStorage'
AND key_ref LIKE 'DOC_CLASS=100^DOC_NO=1200023^%'
Adjust the WHERE condition above as needed. This will make the tool think that the document in the database is newer than the one that was transferred.
For media items, run the following UPDATE statement in the source database to make the tool transfer a certain media item again:
UPDATE fs_mig_status_tab
SET object_rowversion = object_rowversion - 1,
hash = 'DUMMYHASH'
WHERE lu_name = 'MediaItem'
AND key_ref LIKE 'ITEM_ID=1234^'
Adjust the WHERE condition above as needed. This will make the tool think that the media item in the database is newer (using rowversion) than the one that was transferred, and that the content have changed (using the hash).
Format of the media text file¶
The media text file contains a list of media items to be copied, one per line. The file should contain the media item ID on each line as well as the file name (stored as meta data in the File Storage file reference table), separated by a comma (,) like this:
2032,engine.png
2033,rotor.jpg
2040,motor.jpg
2042,failure.png
If you chose the option above you need to fetch the information from the source table (media_item_tab) yourself. You might find that not all media items have a file name stored and then you should provide a stand-in file name with the right file extension, if possible.
Format of the document information text file¶
If you chose the option to migrate documents based on information in a text file, you need to provide the information below about each document. There should be one line in the text file per document file. The values must be separated by a comma (,). If a value contains a comma, it must be escaped with a backslash (\).
- Doc Class
- Doc No
- Doc Sheet
- Doc Rev
- Doc Type - ORIGINAL, VIEW, ...
- File No - 1, most of the time
- Repository file name - This is the value of the file_name column in edm_file_tab. It is critical that this is correct since it is used for locking the edm_file_tab record during transfer. This value is used as the file name in the File Storage repository.
- Original File Name - It is suggested that you take this from the user_file_name column in edm_file_tab. This is used as extra meta data in File Storage. Note: This column should contain a file name without any path information (MyDocument.docx and not C:\Users\Bill\Documents\MyDocument.docx.)
- File Source - This will only be needed if you chose the option --docsfromfile FILE --docsfromfilesource FOLDER. File Source (each document located network/local folder path) Ex:- \\dlk1fs3\User\Migration or c:\Documents
Aborting the tool prematurely¶
If needed, it should be possible to close the tool during migration with little harm.
There is however one caveat to it which is that a document file reference can get stuck in the status Operation In Progress.
If you have to close the tool before it's done you can query the fs_mig_status_tab table for records where the status column = In Progress (ideally there should be only one). You will then need to reset the rowstate column in edm_file_tab to Checked In and the status column in fs_mig_status_tab to Failed (or delete the record in the latter table.)
Since it might be cumbersome to have to do these database updates repeatedly during the initial testing of the tool, it is recommended that only a few records are being transferred, such that the process does not take a very long time and the tool does not need to be aborted.
Here is an UPDATE statement that will change back the file status after an aborted run. Make sure you understand what it does before you run it:
UPDATE edm_file_tab e
SET e.rowstate = 'Checked In'
WHERE e.rowstate = 'Operation In Progress'
AND EXISTS
(SELECT 1
FROM fs_mig_status_tab f
WHERE f.status = 'In Progress'
AND f.lu_name = 'EdmFileStorage'
AND f.key_ref = 'DOC_CLASS=' || e.doc_class || '^DOC_NO=' || e.doc_no || '^DOC_REV=' || e.doc_rev ||
'^DOC_SHEET=' || e.doc_sheet || '^DOC_TYPE=' || e.doc_type || '^FILE_NO=' || e.file_no || '^');
Then:
UPDATE fs_mig_status_tab
SET status = 'Failed'
WHERE status = 'In Progress'
AND lu_name = 'EdmFileStorage';
Note: You need to be sure that no transfers are actually in progress when you run the UPDATE statements above.
Similarly, for media:
UPDATE fs_mig_status_tab
SET status = 'Failed'
WHERE status = 'In Progress'
AND lu_name = 'MediaItem';
Performance¶
For most records, the thing that takes most of the time will be the transfer (copying) the source file content to File Storage. This includes authentication/security and other technical details.
The tool also needs to query and update the database, which will have some overhead. But it is critical for the stability of the tool to record what is happening and the tool of course needs to read the data out of the database.
It is recommended to run the tool "as close to the source database" as possible, to reduce the cost of each database call. At the same time you want the tool to run as close as possible to the target IFS Cloud installation, for speedy transfers. Try out different setups to see what works well in a couple of test runs.
Syncing data that have changed since it was transferred¶
Documents or media items that was successfully transferred by this tool might change before the main upgrad happens. A decision must be taken on if those records should be handled automatically or by this tool.
The following queries can be used to find records that has been changed after they was transferred. The output of these queries can be used by this tool by using the --docsfromfile and --mediafromfile command line options of the tool.
Documents¶
SELECT key_ref
FROM fs_mig_status_tab f, edm_file_tab e
WHERE f.status = 'Done'
AND f.lu_name = 'EdmFileStorage'
AND f.key_ref = 'DOC_CLASS=' || e.doc_class || '^DOC_NO=' || e.doc_no || '^DOC_REV=' || e.doc_rev ||
'^DOC_SHEET=' || e.doc_sheet || '^DOC_TYPE=' || e.doc_type || '^FILE_NO=' || e.file_no || '^'
AND f.object_rowversion < e.rowversion;
Media¶
...
Deleting migrated data from the source database¶
This tool will not take care of deleting migrated data from the source database.
Below are some suggestions on how the deletion can be done. Make sure you understand exactly what data you are removing.
Documents¶
For documents, the script POST_Docman_UpdateEdmFileLocationName.sql, mentioned earlier, can be used as a base for deleting migrated document content from the source database.
Instead of updating the Repository attribute of the EdmFile entity, the corresponding record in EdmFileStorage should be deleted.
Media¶
For media, the script POST_Appsrv_UpdateMediaItemRepository.sql, mentioned earlier, can be used as a base for deleting media item content from the source database.
Instead of updating the Repository attribute, the script should set the MediaObject attribute to NULL.
Updating file pointers in the upgraded database¶
Two scripts has been provided to update the file pointers for media and documents, respectively. These should be seen as examples or templates and MUST be read through and understoon before they are run.
These scripts are found under the database folder in the distribution of this tool.
How to execute the scripts¶
As of now, there are a number of ways for running these scripts:
- With the help of a Cloud Services person
- Make the script non-interactive (hard code the input to it) and make a delivery of the script such that it executes in the production database
Alternative approaches where the script is not run in production:
- Use data migration to migrate the data to the right tables, using the logic in the scripts as a guide
- In DEV, or some other environment where the database can be accessed, update the data using the script or "manual" UPDATE, then use data migration to migrate the changed table data (edm_file_tab)
POST_Appsrv_UpdateMediaItemRepository.sql¶
This script will use the data in the fss_mig_status_tab to understand what media items that has been successfully transferred to IFS Cloud File Storage.
For each item, the Repository attribute will be set to FILE_STORAGE.
POST_Docman_UpdateEdmFileLocationName.sql¶
This is an example script and MUST be modified to match the customer's document repository setup. The person who runs and modifies the script must have a good understanding on how the repository data model works.
Alternative to updating the file pointers in edm_file_tab¶
The reason we need to update location_name in edm_file_tab is that location_name is points to the new repository name in the Repositories screen that has been set up for File Storage.
There is however another approach which works if all files that are important have been copied to File Storage, and that's updating the repository type of the existing document repository. This is done by updating the location_type column in edm_location_tab.
This makes the system handle the repository as being of the type File Storage and not Database, FTP or Shared.
This is the UPDATE statement to use:
UPDATE edm_location_tab
SET location_type = 4,
path = NULL
WHERE location_name = '<SOURCE LOCATION/REPOSITORY NAME>'
Above, replace "
In the UPDATE, path is also set to NULL since it's not needed for any repository type in IFS Cloud in Cloud Deployment.
Parallel transfers not supported¶
This tool doesn't support parallel transfer. Running multiple instance of the tool in parallel is not officially support and has not been tested.
If there is a need to run the tool in parallel, you may do so at your own risk but it is important that the same file is not picked by several instances. Therefore you would need segregate files accordingly.
How to handle archived media items¶
The Media Archiving functionality is still available in IFS Cloud 21R2 but will be deprecated in IFS Cloud 22.
This tool does not try to handle media items archived using the Media Archiving functionality. Customers who use that, and who are going to upgrade to IFS Cloud, must first bring in the archived media items they want to migrate into the database, then this tool can migrate those items to File Storage. This could be done in batches.