topic Getting Alfresco running in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-alfresco-running/m-p/156838#M111062 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Everytime I try to set up Alfresco on a new box I run into the same problem.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I set up mysql and the Alfresco war, then I do a database import onto the new box from the old one. The thing is everytime I try to start up the server I get a predictable exception:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>"Ensure that dir.root property is pointed at the right location"</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm not even sure what this exception is a sign of. I do have that property pointed to the correct folder. I have tried deleting all the contents in the folder and doing an INDEX_RECOVERY_MODE=FULL but nothing seems to work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can someone please explain to me what this exception means, what is probably causing it and how to fix it?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks a lot</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:38:52 GMT darkling235 2008-02-01T14:38:52Z Getting Alfresco running https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-alfresco-running/m-p/156838#M111062 Everytime I try to set up Alfresco on a new box I run into the same problem.I set up mysql and the Alfresco war, then I do a database import onto the new box from the old one. The thing is everytime I try to start up the server I get a predictable exception:"Ensure that dir.root property is pointed Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:38:52 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-alfresco-running/m-p/156838#M111062 darkling235 2008-02-01T14:38:52Z Re: Getting Alfresco running https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-alfresco-running/m-p/156839#M111063 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>What are you trying to do?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>A complete fresh installation or a migration of an existing?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If it is an existing, you may be better of doing a complete export and then bootstrap import. See </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Export_and_Import" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Export_and_Import</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If a fresh installation, make sure you have no tables in the db and no data in the alf_data dir.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Peter Löfgren</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:04:28 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-alfresco-running/m-p/156839#M111063 loftux 2008-02-01T15:04:28Z