migrating data from old server to new one

[Alan H]

Now that I've got an Omero server running on Windows 2008, it's time to attempt to move the users data from the original, "pilot #1" machine (Max OSX 10.8) to the new one. I can't find anything in the server documentation, but is this do-able? I suspect that it's a bit more complicated than just copying over the OMERO/bin directory and the sql database.

[bpindelski]

Hi Alan,

Great that you got the server instance up and running. Before you do any migration steps, remember to shut down the server (especially when backing up/restoring the DB).

The major steps needed are:
1) Moving of the binary repository (http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/supp ... itory.html) from the OS X machine to Windows
2) Backing up the DB on OS X and moving and restoring it on Windows
optionally 3) Moving any settings from OS X to Windows (LDAP etc.)

An overview of step 2 can be found here: http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/supp ... g-up-omero

I hope you'll find the links helpful

Regards,
Błażej

[Alan H]

Those were very helpful, thank you bpindelski! I will back up both the binary data directory and the database before moving them, as outlined in those pages. *Excellent*!.

Now....question for anyone... the filesystem on Server #1 is MacOS extended... the filesystem on Server #2 is NTFS. I don't think I can just copy the appropriate files from #1 -> #2, so how might I go about this? Is there any way to get the past 2 months of data from the lab moved over to the new server?

[bpindelski]

Hi Alan,

It's very positive to see that the documentation has proven helpful. We aim at improving it whenever possible and try to listen to user feedback.

As I understand, you are trying to mount an OS X filesystem (HFS) under Windows. That is doable in a read-only mode and with Apple Boot Camp filesystem drivers installed in the Windows machine. The binary repository of OMERO is filesystem-agnostic, so it's not bound to a specific filesystem. Also the output of the DB backup stage is in a format that will be read by Postgres on any OS.

Regards,
Błażej

[Alan H]

Excellent! Thank you very much!