StoragePoint 6.1 - SharePoint Upgrade using Metalogix Solutions (2016 to 2019)

Name

Description

SharePoint

Microsoft’s enterprise collaboration and document management system. SharePoint will be both the source and the target of the migration efforts.

SharePoint Web Front End (WFE)

One or more web servers that host the SharePoint Web Application.

Storage

The storage system(s)\location(s) to which the BLOBs will be externalized.

StoragePoint

The RBS BLOB externalization engine.

StoragePoint Storage Adapter

The configurable adapter for connecting to the specific Storage component.

Name

Definition

Migration Job

The operational information for a migration including the instructions for performing the job, the configuration, and any history information for a previous run.

Migration Source

The environment from which the content that is to be migrated will originate.

Migration Target

The destination environment for the content that is to be migrated.

BLOB

Binary Large Object.

RBS

Collectively, the technologies used within SharePoint to externalize content.

Storage Endpoint

The information that describes the configuration for a particular location where content will be externalized to, including the type of system, the storage adapter used, the connection and path information and any required active endpoint monitoring requirements.

Storage Profile

The configuration for defining the SharePoint scope of what should be externalized and how (using which Storage Endpoint).