How can I send a large Content Store to Madcap Software using Windows?

You can split the Content Store into multiple parts using 7-Zip.

Description

I need to split my Content Store into smaller parts to prevent file transfer timeouts.

Solution

  1. Take a backup of your Content Store.
  2. Right-click the backup folder that contains all of the backup files. Click 7-Zip > Add to archive.
  3. In the Add to Archive dialog box, in the Archive field, type a name for the files. For example, docbase-July1.7z.
  4. In the Compression level dropdown list, select Ultra.
  5. In the Dictionary size dropdown list, type 256 MB.
  6. In the Split to volumes, bytes dropdown list, type 2G.
    7zip split multiple files dialog box selections
  7. Click OK.