Generating a Watermark

A watermark is required from the target environment to see what artifacts were previously migrated from the source environment. Based on the information in the watermark, the various Migration Services can determine the delta artifacts that need to be packaged for incremental migration.

Siebel Migration obtains the watermark through a REST API call to the target environment. When the watermark is generated, it is placed under the "migration" folder in the Siebel File System, or Shared Package Location if defined, for the migration profile. When generating a watermark, the target must be a Runtime Repository environment. If the connection points to a development environment, then Siebel Migration throws an error.

This task is a step in Process of Using Siebel Migration to Migrate Data.

To generate a watermark

1. In the Siebel Migration Application, click Connections in the navigation menu in the side panel to go to the Connections screen.

2. Click Watermark (the waves icon).

3. Enter the watermark file name.

4. Click OK.

   After the watermark file has been created, a window opens with a message detailing the filename and path to the watermark file.

5. Copy the watermark file to the migration folder in the Siebel File System or Shared Package Location where the Siebel Migration Application, which will connect to the source environment, is running.