P4Convert: User Guide (April 2015)

[Required] Change directory to P4ROOT, check there are no db.* files present and then replay the journal file(s):

$ cd p4_root
$ p4d -r . -jr jnl.0
Perforce db files in '.' will be created if missing...
Recovering from jnl.0...
Perforce server info:
	Server version 33 is replaying a version 0 journal/checkpoint.

or, for multiple journal files:

$ p4d -r . -jr jnl.0 jnl.1 ....

and with nohup:

nohup p4d -r . -jr jnl.0 jnl.1 .... &

[Required] Upgrade the database from 2004.2 schema. For simplicity the conversion generates a database using an old schema, allowing you to upgrade to a Perforce Server version of your choice. From the P4ROOT directory run the upgrade command:

$ p4d -r . -xu
Perforce db files in '.' will be created if missing...
2001.1: splitting db.integ into db.integed/db.resolve.
2001.1: splitting db.have into db.have and db.label.
2002.1: splitting pending db.change into db.changex.
2002.2: upgrading tempobj filetype in db.rev.
2002.2: upgrading tempobj filetype in db.working.
2003.1: initialize default depot.
2003.2: upgrading db.user.
2005.1: building db.revhx (headrev) table.
2005.1: building db.locks from db.working.
2005.2: building db.revdx (delrev) table.
2005.2: moving spec depot entries into db.revsx.
2007.3: (re)building haveMap from db.have/db.working.
2007.3: (re)building db.archmap (lazy-copy map) table.
2007.3: removing old db.archive.
2008.1: upgrading db.change.
2009.2: moving db.boddate/db.ixdate into db.bodtext/db.ixtext.
2009.2: removing db.boddate/db.ixdate.
2010.2: adding db.config.
2011.1: upgrading tiny.db.
...upgrades done

[Optional] If the conversion was run in Unicode mode (where com.p4convert.p4.unicode=true) and users are going to continue to add Unicode content then you may wish to set the server to Unicode mode. To enable Unicode run the following command from the P4ROOT directory:

$ p4d -r . -xi

[Alternative] If you are running your Perforce Server on Linux and your user base is predominantly Windows you may wish to force the server to run as case insensitive (only allowing one version of case for paths and files). The conversion option com.p4convert.adv.lowerCase=true will have been used with the case mode set to com.p4convert.adv.caseMode=FIRST. All p4d commands must be include the -C1 flag, this includes the earlier step 1 and step 2.

For example:

$ cd p4_root
$ p4d -C1 -r . -jr jnl.0
$ p4d -C1 -r . -xu

[Recommended] Some archive files may not have MD5 sum digests (typically where Subversion did not store the digest or the digest does not match due to the use of keyword expansion). To fill in the metadata for MD5 sum digests and archive file sizes use the verify command (this might be best split into depots and sub directories for large servers):

$ p4 verify -u //...