Prepare the System for Migration
Perform the following steps to complete the preparatory work such as performing re-vaulting, synchronizing, removing unreferenced files, and mark Root Folder read-only.
1. Run re-vaulting schedule for Vault, if vault is main vault.
2. Cancel and disable content replication schedules for Vault, if vault is Replica vault.
3. Using a JMX client such as JConsole, perform the CacheVaultSynchronizer MBean sysForceSync operation.
4. Perform Remove Unreferenced Files and > operations for Vault, so that only valid content is migrated to Azure Blob Storage.
5. To retain the new content while the vault migration is in progress, create a new root folder and mount it on Azure Blob. This way the new content will be directed to the Azure Blob. For more information, see the topic
Configuring Windchill File Vaults to Use Azure Blobs.
6. Run the following command to set your vault as Automatic Folder Creation.
windchill wt.fv.tools.FolderToRootFolderConverter
7. Set the property wt.fv.faultTolerantVaultsAutoRestore=false.
8. Set the file system based root folders that you plan to migrate, as READ_ONLY from the vault configuration user interface. This ensures that no new content is uploaded to file system based root folders, while its contents are migrated.