[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Splitting off one repository into a new database

[Majewski, Steven Dennis (sdm7g)]

I’ve never tried it, but I expect it would not be simple. 

If I had to do it, I would probably attempt to clone the existing database to a new instance, and then delete the other repositories and attached resources from the new instance staff interface. 

Alternatively, you could migrate to a new instance using the backend APIs to copy resources and just copy the global resources and those attached to the repository being migrated. 

Theoretically, you could do this sort of migration in SQL, but it would require mapping out all of the dependencies pretty well and I’m not sure how well that is documented. 

— Steve Majewski



> On Dec 13, 2017, at 11:27 AM, Celia Caust-Ellenbogen <ccauste1 at swarthmore.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
> Just curious if anyone has themselves, or know of anyone who has, taken a single ArchivesSpace database and split off one of the repositories into a new ArchivesSpace database? Can anyone advise on how difficult a process this would be? I don't need to do it right now, but I'm curious for planning purposes.
> 
> Thanks!
> Celia 
> 
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