This section summarizes issues to be aware of when migrating from SharePoint Team Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2001 to SharePoint 2003 technologies and explain how to resolve these issues. Migrating Sites When Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) ConnectionsTo migrate sites using the Microsoft SharePoint Migration tool over an SSL connection, specific conditions of the source and destination servers must be met. These conditions are as follows:
Migrating Sites over a Proxy Server ConnectionIt is not recommended to migrate sites over a proxy server connection. Issues such as authentication differences between the proxy server and the destination web server may exist. This can result in rejection of the username and password entered when the Microsoft SharePoint Migration tool was run and thus cause the migration to fail. Migrating Sites Across DomainsWhen migrating a site to a destination web server in another domain, failures can occur even if the -u and -pw parameters are used to supply the required username and password. This problem can be resolved by doing the following on the computer running the SharePoint Migration tool:
This enables a username and password to be entered when the site is accessed. SharePoint Migration Tool ErrorsThis section explains errors that may occur when using the Microsoft SharePoint Migration (Smigrate) tool.
Alerts Were Not RestoredWhen the site is restored, if the user account was a local user account on the original server, or if the user no longer exists at the time of the restore, the alerts for that user account will not be restored. Incorrect Creation Times on Surveys and Other ListsThe creation time for lists (including surveys) is one of the elements not migrated by the Smigrate tool. Incorrect Site Language on the Restored SiteThis issue exists when the language of the site that was backed up is not available on the site used for the restore. More Views Exist Than on My Original SiteWhen migrating from SharePoint Team Services to Windows SharePoint Services, the restored site contains the views from the migrated site plus the default views for Windows SharePoint Services. Any unnecessary views can be deleted. Currency Formats Change After MigrationThe Windows SharePoint Migration tool converts obsolete currencies to the current currencies. For example, the European currencies are converted to the Euro. However, only the currency type is changed; no conversion is done to the amounts. Any conversions to amounts must be manually performed. Entries Have the Created By or Modified By Fields Attributed to the Wrong PersonWhen the migration is being performed, if there are references to users in the source who are not available on the destination site, those users are replaced with the user running the migration. To prevent this from occurring, make sure that all users from the original site are members of the destination site. |