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SharePoint 2013 and Metalogix Content Matrix

SharePoint is mission-critical and users demand availability. Content Matrix allows you to migrate SharePoint by site collection, site, list, library, business unit, or department with zero downtime. Run old and new farms in parallel and test and re-arrange as often needed. Along with the Re-Organizer feature empowers your site collection owners and users, to manage SharePoint sites, content and metadata on an ongoing basis to keep in sync with business needs. All of my clients love this tool as it makes their environments more flexible and now with Re-Organizer we are enabling the site owners to more easily manage their site structure.

Error on Installation of Content Matrix 7.3.0002

During the installation of the Online edition of Content Matrix version 7.3.0002 while installing Metalogix Extensions Web Services you will see the error "MD5 check failed for the current file to be staged, the file may be corrupt" in the screenshot to the left. However, the installation will continue and complete. Also, if you go to the location in your AppData Folder and copy the "Metalogix SharePoint Extensions Web Service Setup.msi" it will run locally without any issues. The error appears to be related to the msi not matching the online manifest

Error Copying List Views Content Matrix 7.3.xxxx

Unfortunately, the installation error is not the only issue. The infamous "Object Reference not set to an instance of an object" error occurs when you attempt to copy list views. However, if you copy the complete list all views are included in the copy. In looking at the error details it appears to be caused by a dialog box, this makes sense as it never creates the job or writes to any log.

Error Copying Sites Lists or Library’s  Content Matrix Organizer 7.3.xxxx

The last symptom was when attempting to copy / move anything  using the Reorganize from the Widget Drop Down or the Ribbon of the list…

We initially found and reported these errors on 12/18/2015..

At first we thought incorrectly the error only occurred after an upgrade from an earlier version of Content Matrix, after further testing we found the issues existed in all 7.3.x versions whether installed as part of an upgrade or installed in a pristine environment. As always Metalogix Content Matrix is our favorite tool for SharePoint Migrations whether on-prem or online and Metalogix support is very helpful.  The only resolution at this time is to revert to a previous version Metalogix Content Matrix version 7.2.0017

Ivan

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If you have upgraded from a previous version of Metalogic Content Matrix SharePoint edition or have multiple Content Matrix editions (SharePoint, Fileshare, Blog) deployed you may receive the error “Failed to find the main application assembly” when attempting to run any of your PowerShell Copy Job Scripts. If you are not running the Metalogix copy jobs in PowerShell you will not be affected by this issue.

Resolution

The resolution that worked for me was to uninstall Metalogix Content Matrix Consoles, Content Organizer and the Content Matrix WSPs. Open a command prompt in admin mode and run Gacutil /lr > E:\Apps\gacutil.txt to pipe the contents of the GAC to a txt file to review. In one environment I found two assemblies were not being removed Metalogix.System.Commands.dll and Metalogix.SharePoint.Adapters.StoragePoint.dll. The setup uses Installutil and was unable uninstall the two assemblies listed previously.

From the open command prompt run the following

• gacutil /u Metalogix.System.Commands.dll
• gacutil /u Metalogix.SharePoint.Adapters.StoragePoint.dll

substitute any assemblies you found for the ones I used as necessary

Download gacutil as part of the Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279. I spoke with Bill Wilcock the Western Regional Support Manager for Metalogix and “Metalogix has determined it is definitely the GAC assemblies and the issue should be resolved in the next hotfix release coming out in a week or two.” 

As I mentioned above, If you are not running the Metalogix copy jobs in PowerShell you will not be affected by this issue. But if your not running the copy jobs in PowerShell you should be; the jobs run at least 2x faster and you can set up a schedule in Task Scheduler to run your incremental jobs daily. This means that when its time to cut over,its very anticlimactic as the site admins, department admins, and end users have verified their content has been successfully migrated, they have time to get used to the new look and feel, and started using the new features prior to Go Live.

Cheers,

-Ivan

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