XM to XM Cloud Migration tool - 2.1 - Installation and Dependencies

In the previous article, I provided a brief introduction of XM to XM Cloud Migration Tool. In this article, installation, dependencies and installation steps are explained.   

Installation

• Once downloaded, extract the content in a folder. 
• In the source CM instance, install the package, SitecorePackage.zip, which is available in the extracted folder. 

• Once the package is installed, you will see a folder (_MigrationHarness) in the CM root folder and it has all the dependencies needed for the tool to work.
• Additionally, two configuration changes are necessary. 
• web.config: Add the following configuration under existing parent XML elements. 
  
  

• Sitecore.Services.Client.config to allow access to entity and item services. Instead of modifying the Sitecore configurations directly, you can apply the patch as below. Important: Remove this setting once the migration is over as it allows access to all entities and Item Services. 
  
  

• Run the executables in Admin mode and start migrating content. There are two executables. 
• XMMigration.exe - For migrating using CLI
• XMMigrationGUI.exe - For migrating using GUI

Uninstallation

Since the dependencies are contained in a separate single folder - (_MigrationHarness), uninstallation is simple. 

• Delete _MigrationHarness folder 
• Revert web.config change. 
• Remove the Sitecore patch file for Sitecore.Services.SecurityPolicy setting.