IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1            

Data migration: Recommendations for import options

When you use FileNet® Deployment Manager to migrate data, review the recommendations for import options to improve the efficiency of the import actions.

  • Before you run the import operation, ensure that the user ID that runs the operation has sufficient privileges. The user ID that is specified in the FileNet Deployment Manager connection to the destination environment must have sufficient privileges on the destination object store to complete all necessary actions during the import. Optimally, specify an object store administrator as the user in the connection information for the destination environment.
  • If the import option Use Original Create/Update Timestamps and Users is selected, then modifications to Content Platform Engine system properties might occur. To modify system properties, the FileNet Deployment Manager import user must additionally have the Modify certain system properties privilege on the destination object store. If the user does not have this privilege, the import operation returns errors. This object store privilege is not assigned to object store administrators by default; it must be explicitly added for that user.
  • When data is imported through FileNet Deployment Manager, some unavoidable data validation exceptions can occur. For example, one exception can occur because Content Platform Engine allows the removal of a choice list element. This removal is allowed even if the existing instance data contains that choice list element value. A subsequent import of the instance data with the deleted choice list value results in an exception because the choice list definition no longer contains that element. For more information about troubleshooting this type of data validation error, see Options for handling data-caused import errors during data migration.


Last updated: March 2016
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