Steps for O365 In-Place Archive to O365 In-Place Archive Migration

Follow step by step guide to Transfer Data from Office 365 In-Place Archive to Office 365 In-Place Archive using SysTools Migrator.

        Pre-Requisites

Following are the Steps to Perform Office 365 In-Place Archive to Office 365 In-Place Archive Migration

STEP 1

If your tool is not activated, then see the activation steps here. Activation Steps

Tool provides the help section for the details about each migration mode. Click on "Help" button to view this section.

help screen


To enable advance settings for Concurrent migration (optional). Read more: Advance Settings


STEP 2

Select “Microsoft 365 Archive” as a source platform and “Microsoft 365 Archive” as destination platform.

select source and destination platform


STEP 3

In the same screen, select the categories that you want to migrate from Microsoft 365 Archive to Microsoft 365 Archive under the Workload selection.

select categories


STEP 4

Using the Date Filter option you can perform the date based selective migration of the mailbox data. Click on Next.

filters
STEP 5

Move to the Source Screen now.

Source screen


STEP 6

Provide the Admin Email and Application ID carefully.

After this, click on Validate to provide permissions to the software.

provide details


STEP 7

After validating, the permissions will be granted to the source user. Click on Next.

validate
STEP 8

Now click on Destination. Provide Admin Email and Application ID. Click on Validate for permission validation. Hit the Next button.

destination details validation

After validating, the permissions will be granted to the Destination user. Click on Next.

Office 365 as destination validated
STEP 9

On the Users screen, there are several ways in which you can add users from the source account that needs to be processed.

users

Fetch Users: It will get Users from Source domain.

fetch users 

Import Users: This will import users through CSV.

import users 

Download Template: This is the sample CSV file to undertand the formatting of the file to be imported using "Import Users" option.

download template
STEP 10

Click on Fetch Users button to start the process. After fetching the users, a confirmation message will appear showing the number of users fetched. Click on OK to continue.

start fetching users
STEP 11

After clicking on the OK button, the software panel displays the list of all the fetched users in the form of Source Emails.

list of users

Use the Search option to find the required user. Select the user and enter the corresponding Destination Email.

After selecting the user, click on Validate to validate the selected user details.

search and validate users
STEP 12

After validation is completed, a confirmation message will appear showing the number of users validated. Click on OK to continue.

validation complete

After clicking on the OK button, the Source Permission and Destination Permission icons will be displayed for the selected user in Green colour.

permission icons

Note: Here, A stands for Archive, and S stands for Shared.


STEP 13

Enable the Show selected option to display only the users selected for migration.

show selected users
STEP 14

After validating the selected users, click on Start Migration to begin the migration process.

start migration

A confirmation window will appear displaying the Licenses Purchased, Consumed, and Available license details. Click on Start to begin the migration.

license purchased

A pop-up message will appear stating that the migration has started successfully. Click on OK to continue.

migration started
STEP 15

After starting the migration, the tool will redirect to the Migration screen. Here, you can view the migration status of the selected users under Pending, In-Progress, Completed With Error, and Completed sections.

The Pending section displays the users waiting for migration.

pending users
STEP 16

Once the migration process starts, the users will move from the Pending section to the In-Progress section. Here, you can view the users for which the migration is currently in progress.

in-progress users
STEP 17

Once the migration is completed, the user will move to the Completed section. The Total Items Migrated and Data Volume Overview sections display the number of items migrated and the total data size.

completed users

Click on More Details to view the detailed migration information of the completed user.

more details
STEP 18

Click on More Details to open the Workload Data Insights panel. Here, you can view the folder and item migration details for the selected workload.

The panel displays the Source Folder Count, Migrated Folder Count, Folder Failed Count, Source Item Count, Migrated Item Count, Failed Item Count, and Pending Item Count.

workload data insights

Click on the Info Icon to display the Workload Column Information.

workload data insights

Click on the workload name to view further folder-level analysis.

folder level analysis
STEP 19

The Folder Analysis Details display the Folder Name, Folder Path, Source Count, Migrated Count, and Failed Count for each folder.

The panel displays the Source Folder Count, Migrated Folder Count, Folder Failed Count, Source Item Count, Migrated Item Count, Failed Item Count, and Pending Item Count.

Use the Search option to find a specific folder. Once you are done with that, Click on Download Report to download the folder analysis report.

Download Report
STEP 20

After clicking on Download Report, a save dialog will appear. Select the required location, provide a file name, and click on Save to save the folder analysis report in CSV format.

select location to save report

The downloaded report provides detailed folder-wise migration information, including the Folder Name, Folder Path, Source Folder ItemID, Destination, Status, Source Item Count, Migrated Item Count, and Failed Item Count.

folder analysis report

Note: Source Item Count is captured only during the initial migration run. It is not updated during subsequent full or delta re-runs. The Source Item Count also includes unsupported items.


STEP 21

You can also choose to generate a summary report for the whole migration process. Click on Download Report to view the available report options. You can select Migration Summary Report or Detailed Report as required.

summary report options

Migration Summary Report

After selecting Migration Summary Report, a save dialog will appear. Select the required location and click on Save to download the migration summary report in CSV format.

select location to save summary report

The Migration Summary Report provides an overview of the migration, including the Source ID, Destination ID, Activation, Email Success, Email Fail, Email Status, Status, Size, Start Timestamp, and End Timestamp.

migration summary report

Detailed Report

After selecting Detailed Report, the Download Reports window will appear. Select the required users and click on Download to download the detailed migration report.

select users for detailed report

In the Report Generation Confirmation window, select the required report options. You can generate the Migration Job Detail Report, Folder Reports, and Item Reports.

Under Folder Reports, select Folder Detail Report or Folder Failed Detail Report as required. Similarly, under Item Reports, select Item Detail Report or Item Failed Detail Report.

After selecting the required reports, click on Generate to generate the reports.

select detailed report option

Once the report is generated, the Generate Report window confirms that the report generation is complete. Click Download to download the generated reports to your system.

download detailed report

Click Save to save the generated Detailed Report as a ZIP file to your selected location. The downloaded ZIP file contains the detailed migration reports for the selected user(s).

save detailed report

The generated Detailed Report provides comprehensive information about the migration, including individual email details and an overall migration job summary.

The Email Detailed Summary Report contains item-level information such as Source ID, Destination ID, Status, source and destination details, Error, Note, and Size for the migrated emails.

The Email Migration Job Detailed Summary Report provides an overall summary of the migration job, including the Migration Date, Migration Job ID, Run Count, workload-wise source and processed item counts, total data size, process status, and migration status.

detailed reports
STEP 22

The Migration Actions menu provides options to manage the migration after the initial run. You can Retry Failed Items, Re-Run Full Migration, or perform a Delta Migration as required.

migration actions

The Retry Failed Items window lists the users whose migration items were not migrated successfully. Use the Search option to find a specific user and review the Source Email and Destination Email details.

Select the required users and click Start to retry the migration of their failed items. Since our migration was already successful for all the selected users so the tool doesn't provide any options to choose from.

retry failed items

The Re-Run Full Migration window displays the available source and destination email accounts. Use the Search option to find a specific user and select the required accounts for migration.

After selecting the users, click Start to run the complete migration again for the selected accounts.

re-run full migration

The Delta Migration window displays the available Source Email and Destination Email accounts for incremental migration. Use the Search option to find a specific user and select the required accounts.

You can also use the Import CSV option to import the user mapping from a CSV file. After selecting the users, click Start to begin the Delta Migration and migrate the data added or changed since the previous migration.

delta migration

The Import Users window allows you to import user mappings using a CSV file. Click User list csv file to select the prepared CSV file. You can use the user list template to prepare the required CSV data.

import users

Select the required CSV file from your system. Once the file is selected, click Open to attach it for import.

select csv file

After selecting the CSV file, the file name appears in the User list csv file field. Click Upload to import the user list and add the users to the Delta Migration screen.

upload csv file

Click the Download Template icon to download the user list template as a CSV file. In the Save dialog, choose the required location, enter or modify the file name if needed, and click Save.

download user list template

Click the Download Resource List icon to download the resource list as a CSV file. In the Save dialog, choose the required location, review or modify the file name if needed, and click Save to save the CSV file.

download resource list
STEP 23

Click the List View icon to display the migration results in a detailed list format. The list view shows the Source Email, Destination Email, Email Count, and Status for each user.

list view

Click the arrow next to a user to expand the entry and view additional migration details, including the Workload Name, Source Folder Count, Migrated Folder Count, Folder Failed Count, Source Item Count, Migrated Item Count, Failed Item Count, and Pending Item Count.

list view details
STEP 24

Go to Settings > General to configure the application performance and account processing options.

Click on Enable multiple accounts to add or remove multiple source and destination account configurations.

Under Concurrent user, use the slider to set the number of users to be processed concurrently for each account. Adjust the value as required and click Save to apply the settings.

settings general

Go to Settings > Logs to view and manage the log files generated during migration activities.

The Log Files section displays the available application and migration logs, along with their file size and last updated date and time. Select a log file from the list to view its detailed contents in the right-hand pane.

Use the Find option to search for specific text within the selected log file. The available options also allow you to navigate, copy, or download the log content as required.

settings logs

Go to Settings > SMTP to configure email notifications for migration activities.

Enable Enable email notification to allow SysTools Migrator to send email notifications. Enter the required SMTP details, including the SMTP Server, Port Number, Username, Password, Sender, and Sender Name.

Click Test Connection to verify the configured SMTP settings. Once the connection is successfully verified, click Save to apply the settings.

settings smtp

Go to Settings > Notifications to configure email notifications for migration activities.

Enable Send notification on start of migration to send an email to the user when the migration begins. You can customize the notification using the Subject and Email content fields. Use #RecipientName as a placeholder for the user's name.

Use the Email body is: plain text toggle to configure the email body format. Click Send Test Email to verify the notification template and email configuration.

After configuring the notification settings, click Save to apply the changes.

settings notifications

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