04 - Pre-Restore Review

04 - Pre-Restore Review

All Consultants

Prior to restoring data into a destination system, you should thoroughly review and test your playbook.  Your playbook should be complete and cover all the data that you expect to migrate as part of your project.
Idea
Thoroughly review and test your playbook before starting the migration.
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Make sure your playbook covers everything you want to migrate.
Warning
Don't start your migration unless the playbook is 100% correct and complete.
When you start your migration, you should plan to start the whole migration.  It is bad practice to space portions of the migration over an extended period of time.

New Consultants

If you are a consultant who is new to Universal Migrator, we will personally review your playbook prior to activating the "restore" capabilities for a project.
When we review your playbook, we will ensure that you have the Standard and Expected tweaks and that your playbook 

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