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    How to export all bib and mfhd records in database

    • Product: Voyager
    • Product Version: All

    Question

    How to export all bibliographic and holdings (MFHD) records in database?

    Answer  (where xxxdb is the Voyager Database Instance)

    1. SSH to server as user voyager
    2. /m1/voyager/xxxdb/sbin/Pmarcexport -rG -mR -tALL

    will create an interleaved (Bib-MFHD) file of all bib/mfhd records.

    OR

    1. /m1/voyager/xxxdb/sbin/Pmarcexport -rB -mR -tALL

    will export all bibliographic records only.

     

    Record file will begin with marc.exp and be written to the /rpt directory on the server (Report Files in WebAdmin interface).

    Additional Information

    See the Technical User's Guide for a full explanation of Bulk Export of MARC Records.

    Additional considerations:

    • TIMING: Depends on size of database. Export X number of records (whatever is a reasonable sample for database) and analyze time it takes to export X, applying results to total number of records to estimate time.
    • SPACE: For very large databases, exporting in several ranges of record IDs is recommended (i.e., -mR -tNNNN-NNNN (where NNNN is the bib_id; for example -t1-20000 would export bib_ids 1-20000). As with timing, export X number of records will allow estimate of how large files will be for total number of records.

    • Article last edited: 28-Jun-2016
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