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What is the Migrating Documents step in the wizard and how long does it usually take?

asked on April 27, 2016

I know, the question seems a bit dense, but I am a little confused at the process I am trying to implement. Scenario: old physical server with Version 7 installed on legacy business network.

New server is a VM and attempting to upgrade to Version 10.

Have copied all Laserfiche documents/data from old server to new server. Different drive letter on new server than old server. (Unable to make a change here to make it match)

Exported/Backed-up Ver7 database from old server. Imported into new SQL Server on new server. 

Started the migration wizard. Selected the old database without issue (using the local SQL server hostname). Create a new blank (non-existing) database as the source, again using hostname as the source. 

No problems had with any of this.

It has run through the steps fairly quickly, but now seems "stuck" on Step 20 of 37:Migrating Documents. What exactly is it trying to do in this step and does it usually take awhile? Should I have somehow changed the filepath in the old database first (as it resides on the new server). 

 

There is about 165 GB of documents/data. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

Mike

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replied on April 27, 2016

Hi Mike,

That just means it's converting the core document items in the SQL database. The migration has to go through the entire database and some sections have more - or longer - changes than others. So you're on one of the larger steps based around the number of documents and pages in your repository. Note that there will be a step to relink the database entries to the new volume file locations at the end of the process, but that's not as aspect of this particular operation. 

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replied on April 27, 2016

Thanks! You are absolutely correct - I was just being impatient. It is now on step 27. Thanks!

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