When you migrate a backup dist that was made using the Platform Backup available from the Platform Administration tool, this contains all the stations that are on the platform. For non-embedded platforms, this may be multiple stations, as subordinate stations are often copied to the Supervisor.

You should NOT use the Station Copier to make copies for migration.

The proper source for a migration is Niagara Backup Distribution file from a station's BackupService, obtained from the host upon which the original station is running. The Backup contains the necessary additional information to correctly migrate the station; a station folder does not. Also, you should use only backup distribution files obtained from the host upon which the original station is running for the source of the migration.

Most of the time there will be one station in the backup that is to be migrated, or at most only a few. If there is more than one station, you will be shown a list of the available stations in the backup. Then you will be prompted to enter a choice selecting which station to migrate. Following, is an example of migration tool output when run on a backup containing nine stations:

INFO [09:48:50 29-Apr-15 EDT][sys] Niagara runtime booted 
("C:\niagara\niagara-4.0.13.3.550") on Win-CE9A-87C6-1526-58EF
[09:48:50 29-Apr-15 EDT][migration]
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[09:48:50 29-Apr-15 EDT][migration] Migrating station backup
_localhost_demo10_4.dist to backup_localhost_demo10_4.dist
The following station folders were found in this backup:
1 badCop
2 badCop_oldPwds
3 cgAxBac
4 cgOrdsAx
5 demoAppliance
6 goodCop
7 j38
8 nccb11320
9 nccb11602s1_ax
Please select a station from the backup to migrate:
8
Station to be migrated: nccb11320
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Migrating station nccb11320 to nccb11320