How can we use Solution Package (WSP) MOSS 2007 to synchronize lists from one server to another?
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Copying data / schema from one server to another is not supported and requires custom code.
Is it really necessary that the items 'exist' on both servers? It sounds error prone to me. Maybe it's possible to simply 'aggregate' the items on one server by using a webservice or an RSS feed.
If copying is required then I would create a SharePoint job that runs every x minutes/hours to do the syncronization. Let the custom job communicate with the web services on the other server.
Note : Since your job only runs every x minutes it means that your syncronization is not realtime!
Be carefull with large workloads. Make sure you don't stress your server by trying to synchronize 10.000 every minute.
W0ut
2010-03-03 13:32:21
OK...So how about I created 100 lists in development environment. How should I go about moving those to production environment? Those lists are currently not there in production.
2010-03-03 19:18:22
Save the lists as a template (with or without the data) and upload these templates to the other server. You can do this in your browser. If all the lists share the same layout (columns etc) you only want to save the template once and create all lists from this templateOr you can create a feature and create list definitions. This is a little more advanced and requires XML and SharePoint skills.
W0ut
2010-03-03 23:29:31
There are also stsadm commands available so you can 'script' the list creation in a batch file and run it all at once.
W0ut
2010-03-03 23:30:43
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Have a look at this tool: Content Migration Wizard
It allows you to copy lists from farm to farm using the Migration API. You can also script it to run automatically.
ArjanP
2010-03-04 05:29:13