Use one of the following to import projects and users from earlier versions:
- Replacing the projects folder
- Modifying the muserver.projects_directory property in muserver.properties file
- Changing the repository location in Administrator’s Console
Replacing the projects folder
- Stop Teamwork Server.
- Copy and paste the projects folder to the newly installed projects folder of Teamwork Server.
See the location of the projects folder in the following table.
Teamwork Server Version | Location of the projects folder |
|---|---|
17.0.3 or earlier | <Teamwork Server installation directory>\projects on all operating systems |
17.0.4 and 17.0.5 | C:\ProgramData\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\projects on Windows 7/8 C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\ApplicationData\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\projects on Windows 2000/XP C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\ApplicationData\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\projects on Windows NT4 <install.root>/projects on other operating systems The projects folder is created automatically after starting Teamwork Server for the first time. |
18.0 or later | C:\ProgramData\.magicdrawserver\projects on Windows 7/8 C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\ApplicationData\.magicdrawserver\projects on Windows 2000/XP C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\ApplicationData\.magicdrawserver\projects on Windows NT4 <install.root>/projects on other operating systems The projects folder is created automatically after starting Teamwork Server for the first time. |
Modifying the muserver.projects_directory property in muserver.properties file
- Stop Teamwork Server.
- Go to the .magicdrawserver\data folder and open the muserver.properties file. The data folder is located in the same folder as the projects folder. For the projects folder location, refer the preceding table.
- In the muserver.projects_directory, specify the path to the projects folder. For example: muserver.projects_directory=C\:\\ProgramData\\.magicdrawserver\\17.0.5\\projects
Changing the repository location in Administrator’s Console
You can indicate the projects folder that contains the project you want to import by changing the repository location.
To change the repository location and import projects
- In the Teamwork Administrator’s Console window, on the Repository tab next to the Location box, click the
button. - In the Open dialog, select the projects folder and click Open.
- When you receive the warning that you must run a repository test to apply changes, click Run Test.
- In the Repository Test Passed dialog, click OK.
- When you receive the message that changes have been saved and the server should be restarted to apply the changed properties, click OK.
In the Teamwork Administrator’s Console window, from Menu, select the Restart Server command.
Server users
Make sure all users are logged out before restarting the server.
- In the Information dialog showing that the server is restarting and you should try to login again after few minutes, click OK.