Set up to test:

Important: See https://groups.drupal.org/node/398588 to get set up. This page also includes instructions for re-setting to a clean destination.

Ensure modules are enabled on the source and destination sites:
D6: Block module is enabled by default.
D8: Custom block module is enabled by default.

Place the manifest file in the D8 site root

Download the attached .yml file.

Run the migration

From the D8 site root:
drush migrate-manifest --db-url=mysql://user:pass@source/source D6Manifest-CustomBlocks.yml

If you've updated/installed drush 7.x after July 16, 2014, you'll want to use:

drush migrate-manifest --legacy-db-url=mysql://user:pass@source/source D6Manifest-CustomBlocks.yml

Compare post-migration settings

Ensure custom blocks from D6 migrated properly into D8. Until #2250429: d6_block migration not migrating all blocks and #2248407: D6 Block Mapping are committed, blocks will probably not end up in the proper region.

Success?

If your site migrates successfully, let us know with a comment on this issue. We'd love to hear details like:

  • the size and complexity of the site you migrated
  • performance observations
  • any customizations you made to the migration manifest!

Problems?

Open a new issue as a normal priority support request. Describe what happened, including the exact text of error messages. Depending on the nature of the problem, someone may ask for a sample of the data you're trying to migrate or follow up with other questions.

Remember, too, that this is pre-Beta. The focus is on D6 core > D8 core, not custom work or contributed modules, so there may be portions of your site that need special consideration that won't get addressed at this point in the process.

Important: Please connect your issue to this issue when you create it by using entering this ticket number, 2221815 , in the Parent issue field!

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eliza411’s picture

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ultimike’s picture

Title: Manual Testing: Custom Blocks » Manual Testing (D6->D8): Custom Blocks
Project: IMP » Drupal core
Version: » 8.x-dev
Component: Miscellaneous » migration system
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bdone’s picture

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i've updated instructions' migrate-manifest command to use the db-url option, per latest version of migrate-manifest.

brockfanning’s picture

I ran this migration and it was successful. Note that in addition to applying the patch mentioned in the issue description, you need to add "- d6_block" to the manifest if you want the blocks mapped to regions. (which isn't necessary to test this)

ultimike’s picture

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benjy’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed

Marking this issue fixed as I think we've reached a point now where the Drupal 6 to Drupal 8 issue path is stable enough that we can simply open individual issues as problems arise.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.