Hello I am using VM to migrate File Share Data to SharePoint Online using SharePoint Migration tool(Version 2.1.103.11). I am accessing file server as mapped network drive (can see the files and folder using windows explorer). During the migration I selected Permission to migrate. Total size of the FIle Share Content is 140 MB and total files are 6662 items. After completion nothing is migrated, when I see itemfailure.csv I saw all the files has "PACK FAILURE","Packaging Failure:Unauthorized access to source file" error. Any idea what should be the issue and how to resolve it. RegardsAvia

Hello Avia! That sounds great although I am not familiar with powershell. For different permission levels you have to use the different groups on top level site to first selecting each person into e.g. the siteowners. This default group has a level called „full access“. Then people into the group called „members“, who should „contribute“, and finally people as normally User permission called „User“ which should have the ability to only view and / or download files. All These permissions on top level site will be inherited in all subsides then. Go to your top level site page. You'll find the groups in top level site on the gear on top Right- then click „site settings“. After you selected the right users in your groups, you can go to each doc lib or list app in those lib or list settings (also on the gear!) to decide which group has which permissions. IMPORTANT: Don’t do single permissions for each list item or each document pls.!!! This confuses you after a while!!Take groups or create your own groups for a list or lib. This is the trick! Pls see the Tutorials in YouTube about groups and permission levels in SharePoint! It’s worth it! Example: the vids of Kalmstrom.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmZrWjl-mfA Greets, Eva

Hi again! There's also a good vid of changing the default permission groups and creating own groups.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFA98Zwlf_8

Hi Eva, It was item level permission issue of File Server. When infra team assigned item level permission to all the files we are able to migrate files without any issue. However I am wondering about tool performance. When we migrate 11 GB contents (9000 files approx), it took almost 23 hrs to finish the migration. Approx 480 MB per hour. FYI, I am doing migrate with "Migrate Permission" option, hope this is not slowing performance. We have 10 MBPS dedicated internet connection on dedicated VM (windows 2012 R2), but still performance is very poor. We are not running any other applications on this server and no other user logged remotely. I will also try that instead of migrate whole folder (Level 1), I will try to migrate level 2 folder using CSV. In csv I will add multiple entry for level 2 folders. Hoping this helps. I also tried PowerShell HSM command let, but almost got same performance. Any advise to improve the migration speed. RegardsAvian

Hello! Pls Go to sharegate to get advice and further tools, they got a whitepaper for free also. Greets, Eva

I have to migrate only 2 TB contents, do not think I should buy any third party tool

SharePoint Migration Tool - PACK FAILURE","Packaging Failure:Unauthorized access to source file

Eva Vogel
Steel Contributor
Aug 18, 2020
Avian 1

Hello Avian 1 and Hamedo247 ,
Few Minutes ago i stumbled upon a widget in the new MS 365 Sec & Compliance Center (partly in Preview now). To try this out, pls. check your Exchange online Role for "Mailimport/export".
This tool seems to handle Migration of WHOLE file share data drives and other file issues, when the original metadata are corrupted. I think now, that your migration issues are originally a redundant or inconsistent metadata problem. Mostly the failured migrations deal with inconstistent version history of files and in doubt the AI must decide whether it lets your data in or not and because of that error you ´ll get empty metadata on "Created" or "Modified", even no files at all. The standard in SharePoint is that on Uploading a file SharePoint writes only the uploaded Date, not the originally created Date. So in good case your uploaded files get the "Created" Date as the Upload Date. Precondition is always, that you are the owner of that document / file to upload a file. And your Users have to have a unique account, establishedin the Azure Active Directory of your O365 Tenant.
I didn´t test it yet, but you can answer here if it works.

And I found more Infos in this link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/importing-pst-files-to-office-365?view=o365-worldwide
There is a new way to import "old" files via PST into O365. Hope that helps additionally. Yours, Eva.
Eva Vogel
Steel Contributor
Feb 06, 2019
Hello! Pls Go to sharegate to get advice and further tools, they got a whitepaper for free also. Greets, Eva
- Avian 1
  Iron Contributor
  Feb 06, 2019
  I have to migrate only 2 TB contents, do not think I should buy any third party tool
  - Avian 1
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 06, 2019
    In Addition to my earlier post, I found another issue during Scan i.e."Scan File Failure:The item created time or modified time is not supported" for approx 19 files.
    
    When I checked the modified data and created date in Windows Explorer, I noticed that Created Date is empty. I am not able to understand how come this is possible that Created Date is empty. All the files are DOC/DOCX/XLSX files.
    
    It seems Migration tool dont allow to migrate.
    
    Please let me know how to migrate this files or is there any way to update create date with modify date value using powershell script?
    
    I am still not able to found any solution on my original post.
    
    Please help
    
    Regards
    
    Avian

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