topic Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing in Alfresco Archive

Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:08:28 GMT

Hi,We have installed alfresco community v 2.1.0 in linux machine.I am not sure whether there is a database for this version.Whats my problem now is, files uploaded last week is missing. How can i get those file. Please help its very important and i am breaking my head(i am PHP developer) i dont know

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

mikeh — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:33:21 GMT

Files are all stored in the alf_data / contentstore structure by date. Files are not encrypted, but are renamed to {nodeRef}.bin

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:30:13 GMT

First thanks for the information

in this particular folder alf_data / contentstore i have sub folders 2009/8/1, 2009/8/2 etc

But i am not getting this contents (Files) in the alfresco UI.

Please help me what would be the problem.

Await you esteemed reply.

Thanks,
Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

mikeh — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:08:47 GMT

First thing to try would be to rebuild the indexes: set

index.recovery.mode=FULL‍

in your custom-repository.properties and restart the server. Remember to set it back to AUTO after the server has restarted!

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:33:40 GMT

Thanks mike

But i could not find 'index.recovery.mode' option in that file, can u give the path of the file.

In this method i will not loose my existing files right.

This is a server copy, Will the existing contente get damaged.

Please help me.

Thanks,
Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

mikeh — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:05:58 GMT

Just add the property - it won't be there by default.

If it goes wrong, you can revert to your backups… you do take contentstore and database backups regularly, right?

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:46:18 GMT

i find two files wiht the same name 'custom-repository.properties', can i apply the change in both of the files.
Long back we took back up.

Can i take before carrying this process.

Sorry i am bothering you too much..
How to take back up of the alfresco repository, any site for the same, i am usign alfresco communitry v 2.1.0

Help me.

Thanks,
Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

mikeh — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:30:04 GMT

You need to make the change to the one that's "active" - likely the one in your extensions folder. If you don't know which one it is, I suggest you contact whoever installed and configured Alfresco for you.

Easiest way to backup is to do it "cold" - i.e. shutdown Alfresco, then backup the alf_data folder and the MySQL database.

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:49:34 GMT

Thank you very much for your valuable informations.

Will check and get back to you in my difficulties.

Thanks,
Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:57:51 GMT

Do i need to add both of these following lines -

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index.recovery.mode=FULL

in 'custom-repository.properties' file

Thanks in advance

Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:16:43 GMT

index.recovery.mode=FULL

in your custom-repository.properties and restart the server. Remember to set it back to AUTO after the server has restarted!

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My doubt
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set back to Auto means

index.recovery.mode=AUTO

i have to change the back to like the above right.

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

mikeh — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:59:25 GMT

Yes.

Mike

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:24:11 GMT

I did the same steps.

But the application is not starting. it is loading (loading……..)

What to do now. Any idea.

Steps:-
1. stop the tomcat (in alfresco/alf_stop)
2. update the custom-repository.properties with ur code
3. start the tomcat (in alfresco/alf_start)

Thanks,
Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:00:18 GMT

Apologize mike

Our system was very slow.

i did the same process again.

This time in tomcat DOS window a message came 'Index recovery completed' like that.

Now i have changed the file with 'AUTO' and trying to access the alfresco.

Will let you know the result.

Thanks,
Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:35:14 GMT

Mike its not working, what could be the problem.

Any other solution, please suggest me.

Thnaks,
Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:51:25 GMT

Mike i am waiting for your reply.

Please help. Thanks

Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

mikeh — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:23:16 GMT

Are you sure the files weren't deleted? Login as admin, go to the User Console and then "Manage Deleted Items" and search for them there.

Are you sure the upload process worked? How were these files uploaded?

If there's nothing in the log files and a reindex didn't help, there's not much more I can suggest.

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:30:13 GMT

Yes i checked in the manage deleted items, i couldnt find one.

Mike When there is a folder in alf_data, it means a file has been uploaded right eg. ( alf_dat/contentStore/2009/8/2/18/40/xyz.bin ).

I have many folders like the above.

2009 means year
8 means month
2 means day
18 means hour
40 menas second

Files uploaded in august are missing, files uploaded before august month are there.

is there any thing to deal with HSQL ( we are using alfresco 2.1.0 + HSQL ( Default installation ) )

is the above information usefull for finding the loop hole.

Please spare me.. Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

sonanaren — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:56:14 GMT

I am waiting here.

Thanks - Narendran.S

Re: Alfresco community V 2.1.0 files missing

mikeh — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:32:03 GMT

As I said before, there's not much more I can suggest.

I would recommend you stop using the HSQL database and migrate to MySQL as soon as practical however - HSQL just doesn't scale and could be the cause of your problems.

Thanks,
Mike