Duplicated folders after migration SharePoint Migration Tools

Question

Hello,

I have migrated some files and folders from a windows server to SharePoint online site using SharePoint Migration Tool. When I go to site>documents to check, I saw the migrated files, but I have noticed that there are duplicate folder which is also the primary folder I just moved. I cannot just delete it because I don't know which one has complete files.

Also, does it really creates another folder with the name same with the site name then that is where the migrate files were being stored? Some of the migrated files on other site the data was just stored under Documents not like on a Folder with same site name under Documents.

I'd like to know what is the cause of multiple file duplication after it migrates to target site also how to get the size of each folder aside from total storage consumption on Active Sites of admin page, it will help me to identify which folder should I delete.

Hope someone can answer my questions above.

Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi anonymous userenPinca-1646

Per my test, I didn’t find out why SharePoint Migration Tool creates multiple duplicated folders. But you can check folder size in Storage Metrics.

Please follow the steps below:
Site Information > View all site settings > Site Collection Administration > Storage Metrics

And you can use PowerShell to check folder size.
PowerShell codes:

#Function to Get the size of a Folder in SharePoint Online  
Function Get-SPOFolderSize([Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Folder]$Folder)  
{   
     Try  
     {  
        #Get all Files and Subfolders from the folder  
        $Ctx.Load($Folder.Files)  
        $Ctx.Load($Folder.Folders)  
        $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()  
  
        $FolderSize = 0  
        ForEach($File in $Folder.Files | Where {-Not($_.Name.EndsWith(".aspx"))})  
        {  
            #Get File versions  
            $Ctx.Load($File.Versions)  
            $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()  
            $VersionSize=0  
            If($File.Versions.Count -ge 1)  
            {  
                #Calculate Version Size  
                $VersionSize = $File.Versions | Measure-Object -Property Size -Sum | Select-Object -expand Sum                                  
            }  
            $FileSize =  [Math]::Round((($File.Length) + $VersionSize)/1KB, 2)  
            If($FileSize -gt 0)  
            {  
                Write-host "`tSize of the File '$($File.Name)' "$FileSize  
            }  
  
            #Get File Size  
            $FolderSize += $FileSize  
        }  
  
        If($FolderSize -gt 0)  
        {  
            Write-host -f Yellow "Total Size of the Folder '$($Folder.ServerRelativeUrl)' (KB): " -NoNewline  
            $FolderSize= [Math]::Round($FolderSize/1KB, 2)  
            Write-host $FolderSize  
        }  
        #Process all Sub Folders  
        ForEach($Folder in $Folder.Folders | Where {-Not($_.Name.StartsWith("_") -or $_.Name -eq "Forms")})  
        {  
            #Call the function recursively  
            Get-SPOFolderSize $Folder  
        }  
    }  
    Catch [System.Exception]  
    {  
        Write-Host -f Red "Error:"$_.Exception.Message  
    }  
}  
     
#parameters  
$SiteURL = "https://tenant-admin.sharepoint.com/"  
  
#Get credentials to connect to SharePoint Online Admin Center  
$Cred = Get-Credential  
     
#Set up the context  
$Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteURL)  
$Ctx.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.Username, $Cred.Password)  
       
#Get the Web  
$Web = $Ctx.Web  
$RootFolder = $Web.RootFolder  
$Ctx.Load($RootFolder)  
$Ctx.ExecuteQuery()  
    
#Call the function to get Subsite size  
Get-SPOFolderSize -Folder $RootFolder  

For Reference:
https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2018/06/sharepoint-online-get-folder-size-using-powershell.html
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