Moving the SSDOT Environment

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Moving the SSDOT Environment

If you need to move the SiteSearch Database Operations Tool (SSDOT) environment, or system directories, to another directory in your current system or to a completely different platform, you will need to reconfigure the information contained within your ssdot.ini configuration file and the file that contains the SSDOT startup command. Regardless if you are moving one SSDOT directory or the entire SiteSearch system, you will need to check and edit the same sections of the ssdot.ini file and the SSDOT startup command.

Requirements

After you have moved the SSDOT environment to its new location, you will need to locate the ssdot.ini file, which is located in the <WebZ_root>/dbbuilder/ssdot/exes/ directory by default. You will also need to identify the location of the following directories:

exes
locks
help
info
jobs
backups
dbs

Note:

Except for the dbs directory, all of these directories are subdirectories of the ssdot directory by default.

You should also know the new path name of the conversion programs you access through SSDOT. If you are unfamiliar with which programs are used and where they were formerly located, view your ssdot.ini file in a text editor. The conversion programs are listed under the BER Conversion section of the ssdot.ini file. Each program also has its own individual section where the location of the program in the system directory structure is listed in the executable item.

Note:

You can refer to the ssdot.ini file example as an additional reference.

Finally, you need to locate the file (ssdot) that contains SSDOT's startup command, which resides in the <WebZ_root>/dbbuilder/ssdot directory by default.

Procedure

To reconfigure the ssdot.ini file and the file that contains the SSDOT startup command (ssdot), follow the instructions listed below.

1. Open the ssdot.ini file in a text editor.

2. Edit the Directories section of the ssdot.ini file, replacing the previous location of each SSDOT directory contained there with the full path name of the new location.

3. Review the BER Conversion section, along with the individual sections of the conversion programs, at the end of the ssdot.ini file. Pay particular attention to the executable values for each conversion method. Make sure that the location of each program executable is accurate. Make any changes necessary if the location of the executable files has changed by replacing the previous location with the full path name of the new location.

4. Save the changes made to the ssdot.ini file and close the file..

5. Open the <WebZ_root>/dbbuilder/ssdot/ssdot file in a text editor. Edit this file so that it refers to ssdot-script.pl in <WebZ_root>:

#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/perl <NewWebZ_root>/dbbuilder/ssdot/exes/ssdot-script.pl $*

Save and close this file.

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