Failure on Migrate AlfrescoCommunity2.0 from Linux to WinXP

[brian_ma]

Hi,

I would like to migrate my Alfresco Community 2.0 from Linux to WindowsXP, but not success.

Orginal Version:
OS: Linux
Alfresco: AlfrescoCommunity2.0Linux
Database: MySQL 4.1.20

Migrate to:
OS: Windows XP SP2
Alfresco: I have tried both AlfrescoCommunity2.0 & 2.1
Database: I have tried both MySQL 4.1.22 & 5.1

My procedure on the migration:
1.
In the original System <Linux>, I use mysqldump to backup the database. The command is: "mysql -u alfresco -p alfresco > alfrescoBak.sql"

2.
Setup Alfresco & MySQL in another computer <Windows XP>. And then restore the database from Linux. The command is: "mysql -u alfresco -p alfresco < alfrescoBak.sql"

3.
After restore the database, I run "alf_start.bat" in Windows XP.
And then use web browser to open "http://localhost:8080/alfresco"
But the web page cannot be open, with following error:
    HTTP Status 404 - /alfresco/
    ——————————————-
    type Status report
    message /alfresco/
    description The reuested resource (/alfresco/) is not available.
    ——————————————-
    Apache Tomcat /5.5.20

I want to know:
Is it available to migrade the system from Linux to Windows?
If yes, how to do it?

Regards,
Brian

[mikeh]

Hi

I don't know if anyone's tried that before, but could you post the log file and we'll try to see what the problem is.

Thanks,
Mike

[kevinr]

Have you also copied the contents of the alf_data directory between the systems? Copying the database is only half the info Alfresco needs!

You may need to run some kind of conversion on the MySQL dump file between unix->windows - but i'm not sure i haven't tried it.

Anyone else out there tried this? Sounds like it shouldn't be hard…

Thanks,

Kevin