NAME

       rt-dump-initialdata - Serialize an RT database to disk

SYNOPSIS

           rt-validator --check && rt-dump-initialdata

       This script is used to write out the objects initialdata supports from RT database to
       disk, for later import into a different RT instance.  It requires that the data in the
       database be self-consistent, in order to do so; please make sure that the database being
       exported passes validation by rt-validator before attempting to use "rt-dump-initialdata".

       While running, it will attempt to estimate the number of remaining objects to be dumped;
       these estimates are pessimistic, and will be incorrect if "--no-users" or "--no-groups" is
       used.

       If the controlling terminal is large enough (more than 25 columns high) and the "gnuplot"
       program is installed, it will also show a textual graph of the queue size over time.

   OPTIONS
       --directory name
           The name of the output directory to write data files to, which should not exist yet;
           it is a fatal error if it does.  Defaults to "./$Organization:Date/", where
           $Organization is as set in RT_SiteConfig.pm, and Date is today's date.

       --force
           Remove the output directory before starting.

       --no-users
           By default, all privileged users are dumped; passing "--no-users" limits it to only
           those users which are referenced by dumped tickets and history, and are thus necessary
           for internal consistency.

       --no-groups
           By default, all groups are dumped; passing "--no-groups" limits it to only system-
           internal groups, which are needed for internal consistency.

       --no-assets
           By default, all assets are dumped; passing "--no-assets" skips assets during
           serialization.

       --no-disabled
           By default, all queues, custom fields, etc, including disabled ones, are dumped;
           passing "--no-disabled" skips such disabled records during serialization.

       --no-deleted
           By default, all assets, including deleted ones, are dumped; passing "--no-deleted"
           skips deleted assets.

       --no-scrips
           By default, all scrips and templates are dumped; passing "--no-scrips" skips them.

       --no-acls
           By default, all ACLs are dumped; passing "--no-acls" skips them.

       --sync
           By default, record ids are ordinarily excluded. Pass "--sync" to include record ids if
           you intend to use this for sync rather than creating a generic initialdata.

       --base file
           The file path which the to be generated initialdata.json will compare to.  If there
           are any changes, they will be saved to changes.json.

           This option implies "--sync".

       --gc n
           Adjust how often the garbage collection sweep is done; lower numbers are more
           frequent.  It shares the same code with "rt-serializer", See "GARBAGE COLLECTION" in
           rt-serializer.

       --page n
           Adjust how many rows are pulled from the database in a single query.  Disable paging
           by setting this to 0.  Defaults to 100.

       --quiet
           Do not show graphical progress UI.

       --verbose
           Do not show graphical progress UI, but rather log was each row is written out.