When upgrading from a previous version of jOAI, is it possible to preserve the settings, indexes and files for the data provider and harvester?
Yes. When upgrading jOAI since version 3.0.2, it is possible to preserve the previous settings, indexes and files. Follow these steps: 1. Stop Tomcat 2. Move and save the current oai installation to a location outside the webapps directory. (Backup and save a copy). 3. Install the new version of jOAI (put oai.war in webapps, start Tomcat, etc). Tomcat will unpack the new oai.war file. Then, to restore the previous settings, indexes and files: 4. Stop tomcat again. 5. In the new webapps/oai/WEB-INF directory, replace the two directories ‘repository_settings_and_data’ and ‘harvester_settings_and_data’ with the ones saved from the previous installation. 6. Start Tomcat. 7. Visit the jOAI admin and search pages to confirm that the settings and indexes have been preserved for the data provider and harvester.
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