CS Export Tool Overview Topics

The CS Export Tool overview topics detail general information about the CS Export Tool.

CS Export support is provided for Version 5.x of Document Services. No export support is available for earlier versions. Users must upgrade Content Services systems to the supported version before they can export documents to the Content Engine environment.

The CS Export Tool runs in FileNet Content Engine trusted application mode. This allows applications running on the configured servers to have certain administrative privileges. Perform the following to allow CSExport to run as a trusted application:

NOTE  Exporting data from a Content Services library to a Content Engine object store is not a conversion or full migration of the content. See the What gets exported topic for more information.

IMPORTANT CS Export runs as a trusted application. You must add the user running CS Export to the “Content Engine Servers” group. Then you must log off and log on the Content Engine object store servers and the server running CS Export, if it is not running on the same server as the Content Engine Object Store Service.

NOTE  When adding documents to a Content Engine object store, CS Export looks into the registry to get each document's MIME Type based on its extension (.doc for example). If a MIME Type does not exist, a MIME Type of application/octet-stream is assigned. This does not cause a problem when these documents are viewed through Workplace. You can add MIME Types via the CS Export Tool Projects dialog, where you can access the Edit MIME Types dialog.

The processing of CS documents occurs in ascending order based on the document’s ID.

Exporting documents or other CS content to a Content Engine object store might require a separate machine and sufficient additional storage for all of the content that is copied from the Content Services system, potentially doubling the file storage requirements during the export process.

RECOMMENDATION Consider obtaining the assistance of Professional Services or a certified partner if you want to export a complete Content Services library system to the Content Engine environment.

Multiple Storage Repositories on different devices

In order to migrate Content Services libraries with multiple storage repositories on multiple drives or servers, all repositories need to be moved to one server and one device, and then remapped using Content Services Explorer before running the CS Export Tool.

This single repository will be the Shelf Drive Letter that the CS Export Tool will refer to for exporting versions from the CS library.

NOTE  The shelf drive letter must be mapped to the shelf location where the CS content files are located.
This mapping must be to the root of the drive where CS Shelf Files are located. This must be performed by the user prior to running the tool. You can use Windows Explorer to map a network drive.

For additional CS Export Tool overview information, see the following topics: