[BlueOnyx:03008] Re: cmuExport/cmuImport

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Enid,

> After some time when the BQ server was updated by different site
> admins, I decided to do another cmuExport/cmuImport to the new BO
> server,
> but in this case I had all the sites existing in the BO and there were
> some problems with
> 1- the virtual users and
> 2- system users
>
> and the script cmuImport asking me for every users (to resolve
> dependecies) to modify it/delete it/drop/quit. I've responded to all
> of them letting them as they were.
>
> So the question: is this a problem, and how can I make another
> cmuImport with the new exported sites in the existing BO?
>
> This is somehow an update process that I want to make , to leave the
> two servers in the same state with the same data.
> Is it possible to restore (with cmuImport) all the sites data in the
> existing BO or should I cmuImport only in a clean installation.

It has always been the case that with CMU you should only import sites and 
users that don't already exist on the system.

When CMU tries to import a site or user that already exists on the target 
system, then you sure get the dialogue to merge, drop or modify. That allows 
some limited form of conflict resolution. But generally you'd be better off to 
delete the conflicting site or user first and then use CMU to import the one 
from the CMU dump.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber