Creating a New Migration Job

Audience

Any user of the Migration App.

 

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Creating a New Job

Setting the Source or Destination Folder Path

View the Newly Created Job Details 

Known Limitations

Questions? Feature Requests? Other Feedback?

 

Creating a New Job

If there is a connected Agent, users can create a migration job that will run using that Agent.

1. On the Migration Dashboard, click on Create New Job. This will present the Create New Migration Job modal.
   
   Alternatively, a job can be created for a specific agent by clicking the three-dots menu next to the Connection status, then selecting Create Job.
   

2. Enter the migration details:

   • Migration Job Name: Give a name for the new migration job
   • Source Folder Path: The user can type the path manually, copy and paste the UNC path from the source, or they can use the UI to choose the folder from the directory
   • Scan the Source (Limited Availability): The users can choose to scan the migration source 
     

     The feature is currently in limited availability. To request this feature, contact our Products team.

   • Destination Folder Path: For the Destination Folder Path, the user can either type the path manually, starting with /Shared or /Private, or they can click Select to choose the folder from the directory
   
3. Click on Create Migration Job after filling all the details.
   

 

Setting the Source or Destination Folder Path

1. Click on Select to bring up a new dialog box that presents the directory on the destination domain.
   
   
   

   Note that under Private, Power Users will only see their own private folder whereas admins will see all private folders.

2. Navigate to any child folder level and select the folder. Once the desired folder is identified, click Select.
   
3. On the Create Job modal, the path selected by the user will be displayed. The user has the option to append that path with another child folder name. If that folder does not exist, the migration job will create it.
   
   

View the Newly Created Job Details 

As soon as the user creates the job, a scan will be triggered automatically.

Once the scan is completed, the user can verify the details and click on the Migrate Data option from the Migration Job Actions menu on the top right to initiate the migration.

In case the migration job creation fails, the user will see an error screen. Users can click on the Learn more link on the page or visit here for more details on the specific error codes and follow the next steps accordingly. Users can also delete the job by clicking the Delete attempt button on this page.

Agents and migration jobs can also be deleted from the Migration Dashboard. Refer here to learn more about the steps to delete a migration job. 

Known Limitations

• Currently, we have identified a delay in displaying the directory whenever there are a large number (thousands) of folders to display. This will be addressed in a future release.

Questions? Feature Requests? Other Feedback?

Feature suggestions or requests can be submitted here, with Migration App mentioned in the text.

For more complex requests, such as those requiring screenshots or other attachments, submissions can be sent to support@egnyte.com. Be sure to include Migration App in the email title. The Support team will forward the suggestions or requests to the Product team for consideration.