Recovering from import errors

If errors occur during the import operation, the following files are created:

• Discarded data log file. The unimported records are saved to the error file whose name and location you defined in Step 3.
• errlog.txt: An error file saved to your TEMP directory contains detailed information about all failures. If problems with the discarded data log arise, the error messages are saved to a text file in the same directory as the discarded data log. The name of this file can be either of the following:
  • The discarded data log file name with ".log" appended.
  • errlog.txt
• A file saved in the TEMP directory that contains a copy of everything written to the Import Tool status log. It is a text file whose name follows this convention:

  import_status_<year><month><day>_<hour><minute>_<second>.txt

  For example, import_status_20021012_1355_01.txt is a status file created on October 12, 2002 at 1:55:01 p.m.

To import these records again:

1. Check the errlog.txt file and review the types of errors encountered.
2. Open the error file that contains the unimported records.
3. Correct the errors in the records. Verify that the error file uses the import file format. See Creating a Rational ClearQuest import file.
4. Perform the import operation again, but specify the error file as the import file.