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Validate the Migration Job

Validate the migration job to verify that the details specified in the migration job are appropriate and available. The validation process also includes verifying the super user credentials supplied in the migration job. You must validate the migration job before you can activate it.

To validate the migration job

1. Select the migration job in the Migration Jobs page and click Validate.

   The validation process begins. The status of the migration job in the Migration Jobs page changes to Initialization In Progress. The validation process evaluates the computers based on various validation criteria. The process takes a while depending on the number of computers to be evaluated.

   Note: Click the Refresh icon at the bottom of the page to get the most recent job status.

   When the validation process is complete, the status of the job shows one of the following values:

   Validation Completed

   Indicates that the validation task completed successfully. This status is not indicative of the status of computers in the migration job. A validation successful job can include computers that have failed the validation with errors or warning. The computers that have failed the validation with errors are automatically excluded from migration.

   Validation Failed

   Indicates that the validation task has failed. Unlike the Validation Completed status, all the computers in a validation failed job have the Validation failed status. Validation failed jobs cannot be activated.

2. Do the following if the job status is Validation Completed.
   1. Click the job.
   2. Click the Computers tab.

      A list of computers that are part of the migration job is displayed. The list shows the validation status of each computer.

   3. Click View under Activity Log for the computers that have the status as Validation Failed.

      The activity log displays the validation issues.

   4. Verify the validation issues and fix them.
   5. Validate the migration job again.

      The job is revalidated.

3. Do the following if the job status is Validation Failed.
   1. Click the job.
   2. Click the Computers tab.

      A list of computers that were part of the migration job is displayed. The list shows the validation status of all the computers as Validation Failed.

   3. Click View under Activity Log for a computer.

      The activity log displays the validation issues. All the computers in a validation failed job show the same log message. So, you can open one of the computers to know the reasons for validation failure.

   4. Fix the validation issues.
   5. Validate the migration job again.

      The job is revalidated.

More information:

Activate OS Migration

Exclude Computers from the Migration Job