Migrating content using Content Porter

Content Porter allows you to migrate content from one Content Manager to another. Migrating content involves exporting content from the source Content Manager to an intermediate file and importing content from the intermediate file into the destination Content Manager.

You can export or import content by running the Content Porter client desktop application. Use the Content Porter client desktop application to step through the Export or Import wizard. On the start screen of the Content Porter client desktop application, you can load the settings of a previous export or import, then change them as needed and run the export or import. To understand the transfer rules and restrictions that apply to content migration, read the section on implementing Content Porter.

So to migrate content from, say, a Tridion Sites 9.6 Content Manager to an SDL Tridion Sites 9 Content Manager, follow these steps:
  1. Use the Content Porter client included with Tridion Sites 9.6 to export content from the Tridion Sites 9.6 Content Manager to an intermediate file.
  2. If needed, copy the intermediate file to a place where the Content Porter client included with SDL Tridion Sites 9 can access it.
  3. Use the Content Porter client included with SDL Tridion Sites 9 to import content from an intermediate file into the SDL Tridion Sites 9 Content Manager.