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Kevin Zemanek (2454825) | asked Jan 12 '10, 5:25 p.m.
I finally have a new laptop and have succeeded in getting RTC eclipse
client installed and working. However, the items I had saved under
Favorites (queries, iteration plans, etc..) is empty. The RTC Favorites
must be some bit of client meta-data saved somewhere instead of being saved on the server.

Anyone have any idea if there is a way to migrate Favorites from one RTC
install to another?

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Work Item & UI Commons Team (1.3k1) | answered Jan 13 '10, 6:53 a.m.
On 12.01.2010 11:37, klzemanek wrote:
I finally have a new laptop and have succeeded in getting RTC eclipse
client installed and working. However, the items I had saved under
Favorites (queries, iteration plans, etc..) is empty. The RTC
Favorites
must be some bit of client meta-data saved somewhere instead of being
saved on the server.

Anyone have any idea if there is a way to migrate Favorites from one
RTC
install to another?


They live in <workspace>\.metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.team.foundation.rcp.core

Just copy the favorites.xml over and ensure you have identical
repository connections.

In 3.0 we plan to move favorites to a central storage.

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Kevin Zemanek (2454825) | answered Jan 13 '10, 7:47 a.m.
On 12.01.2010 11:37, klzemanek wrote:
I finally have a new laptop and have succeeded in getting RTC eclipse
client installed and working. However, the items I had saved under
Favorites (queries, iteration plans, etc..) is empty. The RTC
Favorites
must be some bit of client meta-data saved somewhere instead of being
saved on the server.

Anyone have any idea if there is a way to migrate Favorites from one
RTC
install to another?


They live in <workspace>\.metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.team.foundation.rcp.core

Just copy the favorites.xml over and ensure you have identical
repository connections.

In 3.0 we plan to move favorites to a central storage.

Great - thanks!

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Carlton Mason (11) | answered Jan 13 '10, 11:53 a.m.
On 12.01.2010 11:37, klzemanek wrote:
I finally have a new laptop and have succeeded in getting RTC eclipse
client installed and working. However, the items I had saved under
Favorites (queries, iteration plans, etc..) is empty. The RTC
Favorites
must be some bit of client meta-data saved somewhere instead of being
saved on the server.

Anyone have any idea if there is a way to migrate Favorites from one
RTC
install to another?


They live in <workspace>\.metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.team.foundation.rcp.core

Just copy the favorites.xml over and ensure you have identical
repository connections.

In 3.0 we plan to move favorites to a central storage.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried copying my favorites.xml to the location but, it didn't work. After copying favorites.xml, stopping, starting RTC, I don't see my favorites. After looking at the filesystem in the dir where I copied them, it appears RTC copied or rewrote the previous favorites.xml. Yes, I am positive I copied in the right place. I did it twice and double checked everything.

Is there anything else I need to do?

Thanks,

Carlton

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Work Item & UI Commons Team (1.3k1) | answered Jan 13 '10, 12:23 p.m.
On 13.01.2010 6:08, ckmason wrote:
bpaserowrote:
On 12.01.2010 11:37, klzemanek wrote:
I finally have a new laptop and have succeeded in getting RTC
eclipse
client installed and working. However, the items I had saved under
Favorites (queries, iteration plans, etc..) is empty. The RTC
Favorites
must be some bit of client meta-data saved somewhere instead of
being
saved on the server.

Anyone have any idea if there is a way to migrate Favorites from
one
RTC
install to another?


They live in
workspace>\.metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.team.foundation.rcp.core

Just copy the favorites.xml over and ensure you have identical
repository connections.

In 3.0 we plan to move favorites to a central
storage.


Thanks for the suggestion. I tried copying my favorites.xml to the
location but, it didn't work. After copying favorites.xml, stopping,
starting RTC, I don't see my favorites. After looking at the
filesystem in the dir where I copied them, it appears RTC copied or
rewrote the previous favorites.xml. Yes, I am positive I copied in
the right place. I did it twice and double checked everything.

Is there anything else I need to do?

Thanks,

Carlton


Dont modify files in these directories when RTC is running. Shutdown prior.

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Carlton Mason (11) | answered Jan 13 '10, 12:48 p.m.
On 13.01.2010 6:08, ckmason wrote:
bpaserowrote:
On 12.01.2010 11:37, klzemanek wrote:
I finally have a new laptop and have succeeded in getting RTC
eclipse
client installed and working. However, the items I had saved under
Favorites (queries, iteration plans, etc..) is empty. The RTC
Favorites
must be some bit of client meta-data saved somewhere instead of
being
saved on the server.

Anyone have any idea if there is a way to migrate Favorites from
one
RTC
install to another?


They live in
workspace>\.metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.team.foundation.rcp.core

Just copy the favorites.xml over and ensure you have identical
repository connections.

In 3.0 we plan to move favorites to a central
storage.


Thanks for the suggestion. I tried copying my favorites.xml to the
location but, it didn't work. After copying favorites.xml, stopping,
starting RTC, I don't see my favorites. After looking at the
filesystem in the dir where I copied them, it appears RTC copied or
rewrote the previous favorites.xml. Yes, I am positive I copied in
the right place. I did it twice and double checked everything.

Is there anything else I need to do?

Thanks,

Carlton


Dont modify files in these directories when RTC is running. Shutdown prior.

Thanks, that was it, its working now.

Thanks Again,

Carlon

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