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Oracle WebCenter Content: How to migrate content across environments

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Nov 9, 2013

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Agenda

Why Oracle WebCenter Content

Need for Content Migration

Steps involved in Content Migration

Conclusion


Why Oracle Webcenter Content

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Introduction

• Oracle WebCenter is a strategic approach to enterprise content

management. It ties content capabilities in seamlessly with enterprise

applications such as Siebel, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, and JD

Edwards.

• Built on the Oracle Fusion Middleware stack.

• Provides out-of the-box tools to extend content management

functionality into custom applications.

• Extremely scalable for large global enterprises.


Why do we need to migrate content

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Content change across the enterprise

Development to production cycle

Frequent change requests and yet dynamic content

Middleware stack upgrade


Oracle WebCenter Content Flow

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Content Structure

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Arrangement of folders and files in Oracle Webcenter Content.


Steps in Content Migration

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Evaluate the content

Mapping the Meta

Data

Migrate the content

Test and Review the migration


Evaluating Content Step1 Step2 Step3 Step 4

Check if the content necessary, or does it need to be deleted? 1

Qualitative Assessments

Will the remaining content migrate or stay behind (and if stays behind, will it be deleted or archived)?

2

How much clean up and revision does the migrating content require?

3

Quick check on the guidelines-styles and branding

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Mapping Metadata

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Step1 Step2 Step3 Step 4

• Mapping metadata to migrate

• Render all content searchable, refinable, sortable,

filterable, displayable

Mappin

g M

eta

data


Configuration Migration

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• Tool provided by Oracle to migrate the configuration.

• Configurations include metadata, profile,security,users etc. . This tool is used

to create configuration bundles which can be exported from source instance

and imported to target instance.

Configuration Migration Utility



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List of Configurations



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Metadata


Steps in Configuration Migration

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Enable config migration in source

instance

Create configuration template

Export the Configuration as

bundle

Import the bundle at the Target instance


Steps in Configuration Migration

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Navigating to component management page




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Manage different components in Oracle UCM




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Components can be enabled and disabled in this screen

The UCM needs to be restarted to reflect the changes



Configuration Migration(Continued)

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Configuration Template

Select Configuration Templates from Option and Select ‘Create New Template’ from the drop down and select ‘Add Dependency’



Configuration Migration (Continued)

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Select ‘Save’ and provide the name of the configuration

Select the template saved in the previous step and select the action as Export

Importing the bundle in Target environment



Configuration Migration (Continued)

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Browse and upload the bundle downloaded in the previous step .

After the upload the bundle gets listed .Preview to check if all the configurations were uploaded.

On the import preview page , select the option to import the configuration as well.



Migrate Content

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Content migration is done through Archiving

process. Archives are created out of the content

to be exported at source instance and imported

at target instance

Archiver - A Java applet for transferring and

reorganizing Oracle Content Server files and

information. Archiver is used with the migration

utility to migrate a complete Oracle Content

Server instance, including content, from one

system to another.

Migrate Content


Steps in Content Migration

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Enable Folder Migration Archive in source and target

instance

Create Collections

Export the Collection as batch

files

Import the collection at the Target instance.



Migrate Content – Enable Folder Archive

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• Enable Folder Archive Configuration on both target and Source servers

Navigate to Admin Server->Component Manager->Advanced

Component manager . Enable the FolderStructureArchive

Select the archive name and content from Folder Structure Archive

option

Step1



Migrate Content- (Select Content)

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Step 2



Content Migration (Export content)

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Opening Archiver

Admin Applets -Archiver – This will open a Java Applet with option to select the archive and export the bundle.

Export the Archive as below

Step 3



Content Migration(Continued)

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Select Export tables in the pop up

Verify the batch by verifying the content

Download the Archive from the Backup And Restore link.



Migrate Content (Download Archive)

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Content Migration (Import Mapping)

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Upload the Archive in the target instance

From Site Studio->Back up and Restore – Select the file and click on the ‘upload Archive’ button.

Import Mapping to copy the content to the intended folder

Source Server Target Server

Contribution Folder

Folder 1-Level1(Collection

ID = 10)

Folder 1- Level2

(Collection ID = 21)

Content1

Content2

Folder 2- Level2 (Collection

ID = 22)

Contribution Folder

Folder 1->Level1 (Collection

ID= 101)

Step 4



Content Migration (continued)

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Mapping the content

Import the batch files to import the content.



Content Migration (Import batch files)

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Archiver – Aministartion->Admin Applets ->Archiver


Import both the batch

files and verify the

contents.


Reviewing and testing

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Review the content by directly checking the folders and contents.

Content review by subject matter experts and business units.

Content review by strategists and editors, in order to translate SME feedback into consumable web content that fits the overall site strategy.

Step1 Step2 Step3 Step

4


Conclusion

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Content Migration is a part of digital assets life.

Decide on the contents and the criteria for picking contents.

Migrate the configurations.

Archive the contents and export to target instance.

Verify the contents.

These steps along with the tools involved ensures sanctity of the content across environments.


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