TOC: TFS Integration Tools Blog Posts and Reference Sites

This blog post pulls together all the blog posts that relate to the TFS Integration Tools / Platform. If you find anything we are not referencing and that should be on this page, then please contact us with the details.

Reference Sites Team Foundation Server Migration and Integration Solutions Visual Studio Gallery (March 2012 Release) Codeplex (Latest Beta bits) Migration Planning 1 Is it feasible to move from TFS 2008 to 2010 and back to 2008? 2 Query => Is the migration from one process template to another a plausible scenario? 3 Wandering into the caves of migration scenarios 4 Should we opt for migration or synchronization? Part 1 5 Yes, I can do a full TFS Server sync … but should I? Part 2 6 To Err is Human … getting the conversion result right: Lesson #1 7 Asking the right questions 8 The unexpected complexity and the need to plan your journey “carefully” 9 Can I migrate from TFS to TFS or non-TFS to TFS? 10 Planning a migration ... starting with a solid foundation 11 Troubleshooting an unhappy migration world   Process Templates 1 The world of TFS Project Template migrations – Part 1 2 The world of TFS Project Template (MSF Agile v4 to v5) migrations – Part 2 3 The world of TFS Project Template (Agile, Scrum) migrations – Part 3 4 New Migration templates for SfTS Team Project Process Template 5 TFS Integration Field Mapping Tool 6 Mapping TFS Process Templates, example Agile 4.3 to Agile 5.0 Ranger Blogs Robert MacLean 1 How to create an adapter for the TFS Integration Platform – Series Index 2 Part I: Introduction 3 Part II: Setup of the environment 4 Part III: Overview of adapters 5 Part IV: IProvider 6 Part V: Items (IMigrationItem & IMigrationItemSerializer) 7 Part VI: IAnalysisProvider 8 Part VII: WIT Conflict Handling 9 Part VIII: IMigrationProvider 10 Part IX: IServerPathTranslationService 11 Part X: Reflection on SharePoint 12 Appendix 1: Power Tips 13 Appendix 2: SimpleDictionary Martin Hinshelwood 1 Anatomy of an Automation for the Tfs Automation Platform 2 Creating a WIT Adapter for the TFS Integration Platform for a source with no history 3 What do you do with a Work Item History Not Found Conflict Type Details 4 Test Track Pro and the case of the missing data 5 A working Test Track Pro Adapter for the TFS Integration Platform 6 Configuring a PowerShell Adapter for the TFS Integration Platform 7 Do you know how to upgrade a process template but still keep your data intact? 8 Dealing with invalid Subversion SSL certificates and migrations 9 Issue: “unable to find a unique local path” 10 Issue: AnalysisProvider not found 11 TF237165: The Team Foundation Server could not update the work item 12 Migrating data from FogBugz to TFS 2012 using the TFS Integration Platform 13 Issue: Sequence contains no elements 14 TFS Service Credential Viewer 15 Issue: TFS WIT bypass-rule submission is enabled 16 Issue: TF14009: Cannot merge source into target because the target is underneath source 17 Issue: TF205022: The following path contains more than the allowed 259 characters 18 Issue: Sequence contains no elements 19 Issue: TF10141 No Files checked in as a result of a TFS check-in failure 20 messed up my checkin failure conflict resolution with the TFS Integration Tools… Now what? 21 Issue: Unable to resolve conflict as Access to the path is denied 22 Issue: TFS WIT invalid submission conflict type 23 Migration from TF Service to TF Server with the TFS Integration Platform 24 Issue: unable to find a unique local path Other Stuff 1 TFS2TFS Team Project Copy 2 ALPHA Release is available on Codeplex! 2 Artefacts 3 Migration Guidance Initial Thoughts 4 Architecture & Toolbox Briefing Notes 5 Source snapshot available on Codeplex 6 Status Update 1 7 Worth mentioning the migration tools partner ecosystem 8 TFS2TFS Project Copy initiative … collaboration with the field. Introducing AIT! 9 A state of the nation status update 10 Using VSTS 2010 BETA-1 as part of the TFS Migration tools initiative 11 Migration Tools Community 12 Getting Started Questions 13 TFS Migration Tools feedback … thereafter 2 weeks of radio silence 14 Summary of projects covered on this blog 15 Session Re-Run Feedback and some interesting dogfooding stats 16 More questions, news and stats 17 News and stats 18 Brian the video “Guru” 19 VSTS Rangers Log 20091014 … the mission and the results to date 20 VSTS Rangers Log 20091022 … A minor mission update 21 Proof of concept for custom adapter writers 23 Codeplex Site has been refreshed today! 24 A new release has been dropped on Codeplex 25 TFS Integration Platform – Notice: Interface change 26 TFS Integration Platform – The videos have finally arrived :) 27 Aligning the terminology we use for migrations 28 Codeplex Downloads Consolidated (improved) 29 A new administrative era is upon us … 30 Moving away from the TIP Heteronym 31 Getting Started with a slightly revised hands-on-lab (HOL) 32 Documentation Update Notification 33 Major Codeplex refresh! 34 TFS Integration Platform – Goes “BETA” 35 You asked for more documentation … it ships with the product! 36 Second BETA Published 37 Documentation Refresh on Codeplex 38 Great blog series covering custom adapter development 39 BETA Codeplex refresh 2010-06-22 40 After much dog fooding, the first supported product has been released 41 IBM Rational ClearQuest to TFS Migration Overview Video 42 TFS Integration … Platform or Tools or both? 43 Codeplex refreshed with new documentation (September 2010) 44 Codeplex refreshed with new documentation (November 2010) 45 Codeplex refreshed with new documentation (December 2010) 46 Team Foundation Server Integration Tools (March 2011 Release) 47 TFS Integration Tools – In the land of the rising sun :) 48 Team Foundation Server Integration Tools (March 2012 Release) 49 Feedback on TFS to TFS migration when "merging" team projects Utility: https://reflectwilinks.codeplex.com/

Starting Nuggets Where does one start? … part 1 (documentation) Where does one start? … part 1b (pre-requisites) Where does one start? … part 2 (try a simple migration) Where does one start? … part 3 (dust has settled …. did it work?) Where does one start? … part 4 (Mapping users the easy way) Getting Started with IBM Rational to Team Foundation Server (TFS) Migrations IBM Rational to TFS Integration Tools - Training and Exploration Sandbox How do I call for support? Frequently Asked Questions 1 Top Questions on the Platform 2 Conflict Resolution Order 3 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Could not allocate space for object … 4 Index Optimization a la Grant … 5 Why are my labels not moving 6 Provider not found Error. 7 What is the EnableBypassRuleDataSubmission in the Configuration File 8 Baseless Merge 9 Configuration: Narrow down the migration or sync using Filter Pairs 10 MergeScope 11 Cross Domain Migration … now what 12 Mapping Work Item Fields and Values 13 Resetting the migration db 14 Manually (Proactively) copying files 15 Consolidating two Team Foundation Servers 16 @@MISSINGFIELD@@ 17 Aggregated Fields 18 How can I setup the Custom Adapter POC on a TFS 2010 only system 19 How to enable or disable migrating history for source files 20 Remember to set “copy local” reference properties to FALSE … why 21 Explicit versus Implicit field mapping in the config … huh 22 Why does the Codeplex Installation fail on TFS 2010 RC 23 Am I stuck (doomed) with XML files and the Migration Console application 24 Why am I getting a “Conflict Type:VC path not mapped conflict type”- 25 Is TFS 2005 supported 26 What is the EnableInsertReflectedWorkItemId that I noticed in logfiles all about 27-1 What is the Lookup Service? 27-2 What is the Lookup Service? Errata 1 28 What is the configuration tag EnableLastRevisionAutoCorrection all about 29 Can I map a WIT source field to multiple target fields 30 What are some of the gotchas 31 What Are Addins 32 Why you should avoid narrow queries! 33 Why can I not create a filterpair in the TFS Integration program 34 How can I validate that a migration or sync is working 35 Which configuration template should I use 36 Should I use field name of reference name when defining field maps 37 Why are the timestamps and changeset IDs not moving from source to target 38 What is the new CQQueryTimeDelimiter all about? 39 Are labels supported now 40 Can we migrate Test Cases 41 Why are my field mappings only working one way 42 I updated the session configuration … why are my newly added work item types not migrating 43-1 Why are my WIT Links not migrating 43-2 Why are my WIT Links not migrating? Part II 44 How do I map users between domains or systems 45 What is this VC conflict resolution all about 46 Which Rational ClearCase adapter should I select 47 How can I check which side of the migration will be affected 48 Why can I only see TFS2010 adapters 49 Why are some of my Rational ClearCase files missing after a migration to TFS 50 Why ServerDiff may not work for me. 51 I have just moved my VC content, now I want to sync from a specific snapshot 52 Can I use snapshots and catch-up for both VC and WIT? 53 Why can I not use more than one @@MISSINGFIELD@@? 54 How do I call for support? 55 Why is my user value mapping only working partially 56 “Out of memory exception” now what? 57 Why is ReflectedWorkItemId not working? (Bug 690647) 58 How long will it take to migrate X GB VC/WIT data? 59 I only migrated VC … can I migrate WIT afterwards and maintain relationships? 60 Understanding the default templates 61 How can I find the unique ID for the SessionGroup and Session? 62 How do I define user mappings for version control using the SVN adapter? 63 How do I use the Clear Case Selected History Adapter? 64 What can I specify for the SQL Server when installing? 65 Why would I get the “TFSIP Worker Process Group” message? 66 Data Driven Subscription Reporting a la Grant 67 Mapping TFS Process Templates, example Agile 4.3 to Agile 5.0 68 Can I migrate all work items from one team project collection to another? 69 Why does guidance state that TFS supports directory level branching? Is this an error? 70 VC Conflict “A namespace conflict has been detected” … what now? 71 What is the difference between cloaking and scoping branches 72 Issue: “This tool requires the TFS client object model” 73 Migrating IBM ClearCase to TFS 74 Fix broken Shared steps link after Migration from TFS Integration platform 75 Are there sample TFS Integration Tools Field Mappings

Comments

• Anonymous
  October 27, 2013
  Hi, On migrating TFS 2005 project to TFS 2010, I am getting below error: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Migration.Toolkit.VersionControlMigrationException: Compatibility Error: Successful migration requires a server version of 2005 SP1 or later. Please install SP1 on your server and resume migration. I have checked I have 2005 SP1 installed my server, but still getting this error Kindly help