The Export / Import approach

This approach includes using the export / import tools of IDM. Exports may need to be divided into several smaller ones depending on the size of the installation.

The result will differ from the source system – by how much, depends on the migration (for example document IDs and properties will change).

Pros	Cons
Partial data can be migrated	IDs and properties of documents will be new/updated
A single IDM tool is used	History (old versions) are not included (only latest)
Systems can be online while migrating data	The possibility of running the exporter several times to extract large amounts of data
Potentially smaller size of export	Potentially slower
	If SharePoint is in use, there is a limit of 5000 Documents per run with the Exporter tool