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How can I change to my configuration from UNIMARC to work with MARC?

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This FAQ applies to: 3.0, 3.1

To change Koha's Zebra configuration from UNIMARC to MARC21, change the following Zebra configuration files, which will be located in /etc/koha/zebradb if you used a "standard" installation.

zebra-authorities.cfg - edit profilePath to replace 'unimarc' with 'marc21'
zebra-authorities-dom.cfg - make same change to profilePath
zebra-biblios.cfg - make same change to profilePath

Next, change the 'marcflavour' system preference (via the Administration page on the Koha staff interface) to 'MARC21'.

Next, stop and restart the zebrasrv daemon on your server.

Finally, if you have MARC records already loaded in your database, reindex them by running misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra -a -b -r

see also:

Why is my system using UNIMARC templates?
We set up our system for MARC 21 (which is verified in the Administrative module –System Preferences—Cataloging—marcflavour) but our bibliographic framework is defaulting to UNIMARC. Is there a way I need to change a setting to get a MARC 21 framework structure as our default?
Cataloging
These preferences refer to how your system handles cataloging actions.