Correct errors and validate

Errors can occur when you migrate your assets. Use the Database Validation page to review any validation failures, cancel the migration, correct errors and re-validate, or migrate your assets.

About this task

When you click Migrate from the Review cart page, you save your snapshot and validate that the TM1® database is available in the target environment. If there are errors, the Database Validation page opens. You can review any validation failures, cancel the migration, correct errors and re-validate, or migrate your assets.

The validation page indicates the database in the source environment and the database in the target environment. If the migration of the assets from the source environment database to the target environment database is valid, a appears beside the database. All migration should appear with a before you can migrate your snapshot of assets, however you can migrate a snapshot with validation errors. You might migrate a snapshot that has validation errors when the target database is down for maintenance but you know that it will be up soon.

1. Click Cancel migration to leave the migration process.
   Your snapshot is saved but your assets are not migrated to the target environment. You can revisit you snapshot from the Manage snapshots page. For more information, see Manage snapshots.
2. Click Previous step to review your cart and correct errors.
3. Correct errors on the Database Validation page.
   You can make the following corrections:

   • You can remove the database from your snapshot. Click to remove the asset from the snapshot. All assets that use TM1 content in this database are removed from the snapshot.
   • You can change the TM1 database in the target environment and select a replacement TM1 database to resolve a validation error. Click Select a different database and select a target TM1 database from the list. Only valid databases that exist in the target environment are shown in the dialog box.
     
4. When you have no errors in your validation results, click Migrate now to continue to the next step, save and migrate a new snapshot.