TFS Integration Tools – Issue: TFS WIT bypass-rule submission is enabled
When you run the TFS Integration Platform for the first time with TFS WIT bypass-rule submission enabled you will likely get the following error: Figure: A Runtime Error Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Migration.Tfs2010WitAdapter.PermissionException: TFS WIT bypass-rule submission is enabled. However, the migration service account ‘TFSService’ is not in the Service Accounts Group on server ‘http://tfsserver:8080/tfs/msf_migrate’. at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Migration.Tfs2010WitAdapter.VersionSpecificUtils.CheckBypassRulePermission(TfsTeamProjectCollection tfs) […]
Migrating data from FogBugz to TFS 2012 using the TFS Integration Platform
As part of my current engagement I will be moving data from FogBugz via a custom CSV Tip Adapter for the TFS Integration Platform. This an adapter I wrote a while ago to facilitate moving data from Excel to TFS and I just ant to reuse it. The first thing I need is a development […]
TFS Integration Tools: TF237165: The Team Foundation Server could not update the work item
While running an integration platform import you get a “TF237165: The Team Foundation Server could not update the work item because of a validation error on the server. This may happen because the work item has been modified or destroyed, or that you do not have permission to update that work item.” Figure: TF237165: The […]
TFS Integration Tools–Issue: AnalysisProvider not found
When you are trying to load your custom Adapter you receive a message stating that it does not exist. Figure: AnalysisProvider 06a2457f-ebba-4979-bc5f-0f5006b8b4e6 not found Applies To TFS Integration Tools 2.2, March 2012 Finding If you check the logs you will see the same message as the popup: Application Error: 0 : [7/12/2012 2:41:32 PM] Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Migration.Toolkit.InitializationException: […]
One Team Project Collection to rule them all – Consolidating Team Projects
Following on from last weeks successful Upgrading TFS 2010 to TFS 2012 with VSS Migration and Process Template consolidation I finished off the last of the 20-30 Team Project Process Template migration/upgrades to a customised form on the Visual Studio Scrum 2.0. We only added a couple of fields, but we also defined a process […]
TFS Integration Tools – Issue: Error occurred during the code review of change group
As part of the Migration process the TFS Integration Platform does a whole bunch of checks to make sure that what is being written in indeed what we want to write and what the destination is excepting. as a result, on occasion you will get a “Error occurred during the code review of change group”. […]
TFS Integration Tools – Issue: Access denied to Program Files
You get a Unauthorised Access Exception when the TFS Integration Platform tries to write a file to the ‘C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Team Foundation Server Integration Tools2768.txt’ folder. Figure: Access denied to Program Files? This is a runtime error that must be resolved to continue. Applies to TFS Integration Tools, version 2.2, March 2012 Finding We […]
Full-fidelity history and data migration are mutually exclusive
If you have ever had to migrate data from any system that contains lots of data and especially history then you will have run into this problem. Effectively you have two choices: Upgrade with full history, correct dates and uninterrupted reporting Migrate with tip/full history with truncated dates and no past reporting This is also […]