Project Server VME: Run verification

 

Applies to: Project Server 2010

Topic Last Modified: 2010-05-18

The first thing you must do in the Project Server virtual migration environment (VME) migration phase is to run the migration verification check on your Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 data. The verification process runs a minimum of data validation checks and writes this information to the migration log file. It specifically checks for the following conditions in your data, which would cause your migration to fail:

  • There are projects that are checked out

  • There are projects that have been modified externally

  • There are projects with pending status updates

  • There are duplicate enterprise resources

The Run Verification step is the first step in the VME migration phase. For additional steps, see Project Server VME: Migration phase.

Run migration verification

When you run the migration verification, a status screen will display the progress. If no potential problems are found, the status screen will end with “Project Migration Successful”. If your migration fails, check the migration log for more information about the error. The migration log file and its location will be displayed in the first few lines of the status screen. Note that the migration verification process will not write to or fix issues in the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 database.

Note

For additional information about Project Server 2003 data validation steps and corrective actions, see Fix data issues identified in pre-migration script A1 (Project Server 2010).

To run migration verification

  1. On the VME desktop, click Start Migration Process. This opens a Windows Explorer window that displays the contents of drive E.

  2. In Windows Explorer, double-click the following folder:

    • If you have one Project Server 2003 database, open the Migrate_Proj_2003_Single_DB folder.

    • If you have split Project Server 2003 databases, open Migrate_Proj_2003_Split_DB.

  3. Click 1-Run Verification to start the migration tool. This command opens a Command Prompt window that displays the status of the verification checks as they occur.

  4. When the verification checks complete successfully, the End Summary displays Project Migration successful.

If you encounter an error, check the migration log file for more information about the problem. The specific migration log file for your migration is displayed in the first few lines (for example, "Using log file: E:\MigrationLogs\Batch1-20100503-1704.log"). You can view the log in a text editor such as Notepad.

Important

Although this "Run Verification" step makes several key data validation checks on your Project Server 2003 data, we recommend that you also run SQL Script 1. Script 1 looks for many additional data validation errors that could cause your migration to fail.