Data migration service error codes

You might encounter the following error codes when using the data migration service.

For information on error messagesyou might find when using the data migration service, go to Data migration service error messages .

Error code
Details & troubleshooting
11001
Invalid request or response. Verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .
11002
Invalid response from the Exchange server. Verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment.
11003
Verify the Exchange URL is valid. For details, go to Migrating from an EWS environment .
11004
This error might be temporary. Confirm you can connect to the Exchange server using the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer tool.
11007
Confirm you can connect to the Exchange server using the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer tool.
11008
Invalid response while reading from the Exchange server. Verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .
11009
The data migration service is operating at a rate that exceeds the limits of the source system. To resolve this, adjust the migration speed . Make sure the source server can handle the number of connections you select.
11010
The Exchange mailbox is invalid or turned off. Verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .
11011
Invalid Exchange folder or insufficient permissions to access the folder. Verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .
11012
Error connecting to the Exchange server. Verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .
11013
Error communicating with the Exchange server. Verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .
11016
Check the impersonation rights of the role account. For details, go to Migrating from an EWS environment .
11017
Turn on the account on the Exchange server and try again.
11018
The Exchange server reports one of the folders in the mailbox is corrupt and cannot be migrated.

To resolve this, consult your Exchange documentation to fix the corrupted folder. Then, verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .

11019
The Exchange server reports some or all data in the mailbox is corrupt and cannot be migrated.

To resolve this, consult your Exchange documentation to fix the corrupted data. Then, verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .

11020
Verify the user exists in Microsoft Active Directory. Then, verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .
11021
Your administrator account does not have the correct impersonation permissions. For details, go to Migrating from an EWS environment .
11022
Your administrator account does not have the correct impersonation permissions on the Client Access server. Check the Exchange impersonation settings. For details, go to Migrating from an EWS environment .
11023
There was an unexpected error when Google tried to authenticate to the Exchange server. This error indicates one of the following issues:
  • The service account running the Exchange Web Services (EWS) application pool is set up incorrectly.
  • EWS can't talk to the directory.
  • A trust between forests is set up incorrectly.

Try the troubleshooting steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .

11024
Your Exchange virtual directory has not been set. Consult your Microsoft documentation for further information on creating a virtual directory.
11025
Verify the EWS URL you provided is accessible using the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer tool. Then, start the migration again.
11026
The SSL certificate is not installed or is installed incorrectly on your source server. For details, go to Set up your TLS certificate .
11028

Internal server error. This error is usually temporary.

If the issue persists, it could mean that the data migration service is operating at a rate that exceeds the limits of the source system. To resolve this issue, adjust the migration speed . Make sure the source server can handle the number of connections you select.

11029
The source server doesn't support the required TLS version. Make sure that the server supports TLS 1.2.
12001
The user might have been deleted from Google Workspace while the migration was running. Check the user and start the migration again.
13001
Internal server error. Try exiting and restarting the migration.
13002
Internal authentication error. Try exiting and restarting the migration.
13008
Internal communication error. Try exiting and restarting the migration.
15005
If you get this error, make sure that your domain is verified .

The issue is usually temporary. 

15008
Internal server error. Try exiting and restarting the migration.
15011
Internal connection error. Problem communicating with the source mail server. Verify the steps in your migration.
15012
Usually a temporary error. Stop the migration, wait 5 minutes, and restart.
15014
The number of source folders exceeds the number of labels allowed in Gmail. Reduce the number of folders and try again. For more details about Gmail labels, go to Create labels to organize Gmail .
15024
Draft and Sent folder not found. Check the IMAP visibility of the Draft and Sent folders on your source server and try again.
17008
You might have encountered this error due to a technical issue with data migration for Exchange Online (Microsoft 365). Try exiting and restarting the migration.
17009
Generating access token was unsuccessful or authentication expired. Exit and restart the migration. Then, complete the steps in Set up & migrate from Gmail .
17018
Invalid authentication credentials when migrating from Exchange Online (Microsoft 365).

Exit and restart the migration.

18001
The data migration service is operating at a rate that exceeds the limits of the source system. To resolve this, adjust the migration speed . Make sure the source server can handle the number of connections you select.
18002

Failed to open the IMAP folder. Check Google IP address ranges for outbound mail servers and ensure that the IMAP server can accept a connection from them. If required, see the additional setup steps for migrations from HCL Domino or Gmail . Then, ensure all of the folders in the affected source user's mailbox can be accessed using IMAP. To verify this, use an IMAP mail client such as Mozilla Thunderbird or Apple Mail.

18003
Temporary error. It might help to increase the number of parallel connections to the source server.
18004
Failed to connect to the IMAP mailbox. Verify the steps in Prepare your source account .
18005
The message format contains an invalid MIME format, and it can't be imported into Gmail. As a workaround, manually forward the message from the source mailbox to the target mailbox.
18006
The IMAP server is busy. Temporary error.

Can occur when migrating from Gmail or Google Workspace and a Gmail label on the source account contains unsupported Unicode characters, including Ideographic spaces and no-break spaces.

Before migrating, rename any affected labels on the source account. Post-migration, revert back to the original name in both the source and target mailboxes.

18010
The IMAP server is busy. Usually a temporary error.
18011
The data migration service cannot read data from an IMAP folder. The folder might be corrupted.
18014

The default personal namespace of the user is set incorrectly.

To check the personal namespace:

  1. Sign in to your IMAP server using an SSL protocol toolkit, such as OpenSSL.
  2. Sign in to the source user account.
  3. Enter a namespace command to check the namespace configuration.

    Example: A001 NAMESPACE

For more information, consult the Internet Engineering Task Force documentation on IMAP4 namespace and your IMAP server documentation.

18015
The data migration service couldn't connect to the source Gmail account. Verify you've completed the personal Gmail account setup steps and try again. If the issue persists, temporarily turn off login challenges for a user .
18016
IMAP is turned off for the source Gmail account. For details on how to turn on IMAP, go to the personal Gmail account setup steps.
18017

You might see this error if:

  • Your IMAP credentials are invalid. Check the username and password and try again.
  • A user account in the source domain is suspended. Restore the user account and try again. For details, go to  Restore a suspended user .

If the issue persists, choose an option, depending on where you're migrating from:

  • I'm migrating from an existing Google Workspace account:
    1. Verify you completed the setup steps for existing Google Workspace accounts .
    2. If the issue persists or you use 2-Step Verification, you can migrate data as if you’re migrating from Gmail.

      For details, go to Set up & migrate from Gmail (and, if needed, try the troubleshooting step below for Gmail).

  • I'm migrating from a personal Gmail account (ends with @gmail.com):
    1. Verify you completed the preparation steps for Gmail .
    2. If the issue persists, follow the steps for error code 18020.
  • If you're migrating from another IMAP provider, check with your service provider or system administrator.
18020

The connection to Gmail using IMAP failed.

The source account requires a more secure form of authentication because it has 2-Step Verification enabled. To migrate using more secure authentication:

  1. Exit the migration.

    For steps, go to Pause, cancel, or exit a migration .

  2. Start the migration again, selecting Gmailas the migration source.
  3. Add the source account and follow the instructions to authorize access.

If it's not possible for you to take the steps above, create an App Password in the source account. Use it instead of your regular password when adding the source account in the data migration service. For details, go to Sign in using app passwords .

Note:The data migration service doesn't require you to turn off 2-Step Verification or allow access to less secure apps.

19005
Verify the migration client has enough permissions to read and write the user's contacts.
19007
The user has exceeded their personal external contacts storage limits .
19008
Google Workspace user account is deleted. Verify whether the user account should be deleted and rerun the migration.
21004
Error uploading message. If several attempts are unsuccessful, the message doesn't migrate.
21010
Gmail service isn't turned on for the user. Turn POP & IMAP on and off for users in Google Workspace.
25002
Internal server error. Try exiting and restarting the migration.
26001
Verify the steps in Migrating from an EWS environment .
26003
Email with attachments larger than 25 MB (total message body exceeds 35,882,577 bytes) can't be migrated.
26007
Inconsistent folder listings from Exchange server. Try running the migration while the server is not in use. If the issue persists, do an IMAP migration using the steps in IMAP server .
27004
There is an invalid entry in your mapping of calendar event attendees. Fix the entry and restart the migration. For details, go to Use CSV files with the data migration service .
27005
The calendar that owns the event hasn't been migrated to Google Workspace. 
27006
The event might be corrupt or missing required details.
27007
The secondary calendar could not be created in Google Workspace.
27008

Events didn't migrate because the participant isn't an attendee or organizer of the event. To troubleshoot this issue:

  • Check the ICS file from the source account and make sure the migrated user is a participant of the event.
  • Check if the user has aliases on the source server that don't exist in Google Workspace. If the aliases are missing, add them to Google Workspace.
36012
A transient error that occurs when the data migration service queries a message using the Gmail API. Allow the system to retry.

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