Upgrade Definition File

Is there any more detailed information on how to create Upgrade Definition
Files than what is on MSDN2? I am trying to upgrade my SharePoint 2003
environment to 2007 and need to be able to map pre-existing WSS sites based
on a custom site definition template to the MOSS 2007 STS template. I've
tried making a copy of the WSSUpgrade.xml file and customizing it, but I
can't get it to take and every time I upgrade a WSS Site (I'm doing a
side-by-side migration), I get the old WSS UI without any of the new
navigation features, etc.

Shane
Mon Jun 19 20:15:18 CDT 2006

Have you looked at the stuff in the SDK?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05E0DD12-8394-402B-8936-A07FE8AFAFFD&displaylang=en

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"B. Younge" <BYounge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3EADBD1E-20E7-4484-BB06-BFFDF03D9FE0@microsoft.com...
> Is there any more detailed information on how to create Upgrade Definition
> Files than what is on MSDN2? I am trying to upgrade my SharePoint 2003
> environment to 2007 and need to be able to map pre-existing WSS sites
> based
> on a custom site definition template to the MOSS 2007 STS template. I've
> tried making a copy of the WSSUpgrade.xml file and customizing it, but I
> can't get it to take and every time I upgrade a WSS Site (I'm doing a
> side-by-side migration), I get the old WSS UI without any of the new
> navigation features, etc.
>

kevin
Wed Aug 23 15:34:02 CDT 2006

If your v2 sites were created with a custom site definition, make sure that
your Template ID's match on both the v2 and v3 definitions (WEBTEMP*.XML).
Reference this same Template ID in the upgrade definition file. This has
worked in my gradual upgrade. You can also roll back the upgraded site to
v2, adjust your upgrade definition and/or site definition, and then rerun the
upgrade on that site.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/e9ce38b0-e047-4519-a12c-3ded2231e87d1033.mspx?mfr=true
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"B. Younge" wrote:

> Is there any more detailed information on how to create Upgrade Definition
> Files than what is on MSDN2? I am trying to upgrade my SharePoint 2003
> environment to 2007 and need to be able to map pre-existing WSS sites based
> on a custom site definition template to the MOSS 2007 STS template. I've
> tried making a copy of the WSSUpgrade.xml file and customizing it, but I
> can't get it to take and every time I upgrade a WSS Site (I'm doing a
> side-by-side migration), I get the old WSS UI without any of the new
> navigation features, etc.
>

David
Fri Nov 10 16:18:02 CST 2006

It is not clear from the SDK whether the Upgrade Definition ID has to match
the Site Definition ID. I believe the mapping works in the following
sequence:

1) Upgrade looks for [Old Site Def Name]*.xml in the Config\Upgrades folder
2) The ID in the Upgrade Definition file (in Config\Upgrades) is then
used to lookup the new Site Definition that is registered in your custom
WEBTEMP[New Site Definition Name].xml file

This seemed to work for me as my old and new Site Definitions have different
names.