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HigherEd_Canada-2022
Copper Contributor
Mar 24, 2022

Change Working Folder in Migration Manager agent to a mapped drive cannot be done?

Hello there.

 

I have a mapped drive that has about 10 TB of free space and want to use that as working folder.

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepointmigration/mm-setup-clients?WT.mc_id=365AdminCSH_spo#working-folder

 

But when I entered that drive, say X:\ it says it is not a valid drive.

 

Working folder C:\Users\root_smith\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SPMigration\Logs Edit

 

Working folder path
 
For example: C:\Documents\Logs
Validate
Storage drive does not exist. Enter an existing drive.
 

Does it have to be a non-mapped drive to work?

 

Thank you

Migration Manager
SharePoint Online
working folder

2 Replies

  • jdlavallee's avatar
    jdlavallee
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 14, 2022

    Any news on this ? I would also like to change the working folder with another Drive besides "C:" ... in most cases it's only an OS Drive that holds minimal Storage space.... 

    • MikeCrowley's avatar
      MikeCrowley
      Iron Contributor
      May 06, 2024
      A mapped network drive may not be reliable, but in theory you could follow these steps to create a Symbolic Link folder.

      https://www.spjeff.com/2021/09/06/sharepoint-migration-tool-spmt-move-temp-drive/

      https://superuser.com/questions/210824/creating-a-symbolic-link-to-mapped-network-drive-in-windows

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