Can I copy Bamboo Artifacts from one instance to another ?

yash_shanker24

After exporting the backup, without Artifacts, and importing it into another Bamboo Instance, my plan is to copy the artifacts from file system from the old Bamboo instance to the new one.

I am not doing the full System Export [Overview > System > Export] including Artifacts, because my Bamboo instance is huge, and the export process is taking way too long when I try to export Artifacts with the System Export, and I'm talking weeks here. The last export process started 9 days ago, and its still in progress.

Is that possible ? If yes, how. If not, why and is there any kind of workaround ?

Daniel Santos_157bm4

Hi @yash_shanker24

Yes, you can add the artifacts later, but that is only possible if you use the option [x] Export Results when exporting the data.

I'm working on a different question from you:

•  Is my Bamboo Export Process still in progress ?

Let's focus our efforts on that one. Depending on what you are trying to achieve we could use the backup of your DB external tool and not Bamboo export. The Bamboo export is a slow process that translates your Bamboo data to an independent DB format and therefore requires a lot of processing time. Its performance is bad for instance that are too big.

The other option on migration and upgrades is using a backup from the external DB tool. That backup would be fast and would also preserve all the Bamboo information.

Let's talk about this process in the other thread.