diff --git a/roles/ocp-28597-metrics/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ocp-28597-metrics/defaults/main.yml
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+namespace: ocp-28597-metrics 
+
+migration_sample_name: "{{ namespace }}"
+migration_plan_name: "{{ migration_sample_name }}-migplan-{{ ansible_date_time.epoch }}"
+migration_name: "{{ migration_sample_name }}-mig-{{ ansible_date_time.epoch }}"
+with_deploy: true
+with_migrate: true
+with_cleanup: true
+with_validate: true
+pv: false
+quiesce: false
+
diff --git a/roles/ocp-28597-metrics/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ocp-28597-metrics/tasks/main.yml
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+- name: Validate metrics work 
+  import_tasks: validate-target.yml
+  when: (with_validate|bool) and (with_migrate|bool)
+
diff --git a/roles/ocp-28597-metrics/tasks/validate-target.yml b/roles/ocp-28597-metrics/tasks/validate-target.yml
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+- name: Add label to namespace {{ migration_namespace }} 
+  shell: "{{ oc_binary }} label ns {{ migration_namespace }} openshift.io/cluster-monitoring=true"
+
+
+- name: To get namespace {{ migration_namespace }} definition
+  shell: "{{ oc_binary }} get ns {{ migration_namespace }} -o yaml"
+  register: output
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "{{ output }}"
+
+- fail:
+    msg: "Add label openshift.io/cluster-monitoring=true to ns {{ migration_namespace }} failed"
+  when: not (output.stdout is search("openshift.io/cluster-monitoring"))
+
+- name: To check service migration-operator-metrics is running
+  shell: "{{ oc_binary }} get service -n {{ migration_namespace }}"
+  register: service_info
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "{{ service_info }}"
+
+- fail:
+    msg: "Failed to find service/migration-operator-metrics in namespace {{ migration_namespace }}"
+  when: not (service_info.stdout is search("migration-operator-metrics"))
+ 
+- name: To get metrics from migration-controller pod 
+  shell: "{{ oc_binary }} -n {{ migration_namespace }} rsh $({{ oc_binary }} get pod -n {{ migration_namespace }}|awk '/migration-controller/ {print $1}') curl  http://mig-controller-metrics.openshift-migration.svc.cluster.local:2112/metrics"
+  register: metrics_info  
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "{{ metrics_info }}"
+
+- fail:
+    msg: "Failed to get cam_app_workload_migrations metrics from migration-controller pod"
+  when: not (metrics_info.stdout is search("cam_app_workload_migrations"))
+