Transport Packages and Transport Objects 

Definition

A transport package is a transportable archive containing the portal objects that for export and import.

All objects in the Portal Content Directory (PCD) can be exported and imported (such as roles, worksets, pages, iViews). The permissions belonging to the objects can also be transported. (For more information, see Transporting Permissions.)

Use

The packages and data for import and export as well as the log files for migrating content objects are stored in the relevant directories of the file system of the Java EE. These directories are defined in the PCD (Portal Content Directory) configuration. See also Configuring the PCD.

All the relevant parameters for transporting and migrating objects must be defined when the PCD is configured. This includes information about the storage of:

·        Import and export files

·        Log files

·        Temporary files to be transported or migrated

Structure

The following table explains the portal-specific formats of the objects that can be transported:

Transport Object	Format	Creation of Transport Object
Packages with EP 6.0 content objects	EPA (Enterprise Portal Archive): This is a portal-specific format for compressed files.	Within portal administration
Content objects in an EPA package	EPT (Enterprise Portal Transport)	Within portal administration
Content objects in a PKG package	There are different object-specific formats (a separate format for each object type)	Within portal administration