migration-center Scanner for HCL Notes/Domino

migration-center Scanner for HCL Notes/Domino is a plugin for migration-center developed by THiNK - e-solutions that integrates with migration-center using the migration-center API. migration-center is a product of fme AG.

“Scanner” is the term used in migration-center for an input adapter. Using a scanner is the first step to import an application’s data into migration-center’s internal database.

Internally, the migration-center Scanner for HCL Notes/Domino leverages the functionality of DataExtractor for HCL Notes/Domino which integrates with Notes/Domino at the Notes/Domino C-API level, to provide the functionality required for data extraction.

migration-center Scanner for HCL Notes/Domino was first introduced with migration-center 3.2.5. At that time, Domino and Notes were still IBM products.

Functionality

The scanner exports:

  • documents (metadata) and
  • attachments

from Notes/Domino applications. The extracted information is then passed on to migration-center and stored inside the migration-center database. Based on migration-center’s functionality, it can be transformed into the target system’s data model and finally be imported into the target system.

Document extraction from the Notes/Domino applications can be performed in different formats. Currently supported formats are:

  • Domino XML (DXL),
  • ARPA Internet Text Message (rfc 822/EML),
  • Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and
  • Richtext format (RTF).

In addition, the scanner is capable of generating a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendition of a document using PDF Generation Module.

All metadata (Notes/Domino fields) are extracted in their native format - including richtext fields.

The scanner officially supports all Notes/Domino versions 6.x and above. Nevertheless, documents from applications that have been built with older Notes/Domino versions can be extracted without any limitations.

migration-center can use multiple migration-center Scanners for HCL Notes/Domino with different configurations at a time. A scanner is configured, started and monitored through migration-center client. Scanner execution is carried out by migration-center jobservers.

Note

The migration-center scanner for HCL Notes/Domino can be customized to create specific results for your HCL Notes/Domino applications if required. Customization is a very straightforward process.