MIGRATING ARCHIVING FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS TO UNFORM 11.0

UnForm 11.0 supports two library formats.  Libraries created in versions 9.0 through 10.1 are supported.  These libraries support 20 byte doctype and docid values, and up to 10 category index segments.  New libraries created in 11.0 support 40 byte doctype and docid values, and up to 8 category index segments.  In addition, new libraries created in 11.0 support AES256 encryption.

Libraries created in 11.0 are not backward compatible with previous versions.

To convert a library from the 9.0 to 10.1 formats to 11.0, use one of two methods:

•Rebuild the library using the Admin/Libraries tool, using the Repair/Rebuild option's "full recovery" feature.  This rebuilds the library from historic transactions in the new format.  This can be time consuming for large libraries.

•Use a command line-executed rule set to create a new library (optionally rename the original and create a new version of the original name), then copy the documents from the original to the new library, using the library object.  This can done in a custom rule set that processes the documents in a desired order, such as newest to oldest, so more recent documents begin appearing in thew new library first.

Older libraries from UnForm 7.x or 8.0 must be converted using an importing process.  This conversion can be done "in place", where both 11.0 and previous versions share the same library directory.  The two versions of libraries use different file naming conventions, so there is no conflict and both can reside in the same physical directory, though space usage will be more than doubled.