Migration to Alfresco

[javid]

hi,
im new to alfresco i need to migrate contents from a network drive to alfresco repository how can it be done and what are the various methodologies to migrate from or transfer the contents automatically or manually with the metadata's intact pl reply as early as possible

[mrogers]

If your content is already on a network drive the easiest way is to copy in the files via CIFS or FTP. 

As for metadata,  what sort of meta-data are you talking about.  And where is it stored?

In general if you have data in one content store and wish to transfer it into Alfresco then you will need to add some sort of translation unitity that takes the data and inserts it into Alfresco.   You will probably also want to do content modeling to describe your data.     The starting point for this is some analysis of your existing data. to see what you you have and want you want to keep.

[javid]

hi,
can u please explain me more clearly,I have all the contents in the shared drive which I'm accessing using windows share i want the same to take place using alfresco or i want to give the location of those files in alfresco so that it could be directly accessed from that location pleases help me out in this n how to use Ftp i tried cifs plz help out as early as possible  ops: ,

[mrogers]

It does not sound like you have any meta-data to worry about.

All you have to do is to copy your documents into Alfresco via the shared CIFS drive.      You could use windows explorer or a command prompt, or a unix shell, whatever you feel comfortable.

Then backup and delete your files from your shared network drive.   Or just make it read-only.   Alfresco is now your shared network drive and has your "live" versions of your documents.

[javid]

hi,
thanks for your reply but I have done that what I want is a way by which this could be automated,and also please tell me how to do it in Linux i have tried in windows only (CIFS SHARED DRIVE) please tel me a way by which i could do it fully automated,also as asked previously i want to to hav an object of the file in alfresco repository therby i could directly access it jus through the link,and also i dont want to load the entire content in one server,i want to hav them as two but it should look as a single server for the user please tell me that also