Tuesday, February 5, 2008

USMT: Moving the user settings and MS outlook from domain VANSTUDENTS to domain VAN

First, Migrate the user accounts from Vanstudents.COM domain to VAN.COM with keeping the SID history. It is covered in my other blog.





join a newXP machine to VAN.COM.






Source Computer: VANSTUDENTS domain and XP machine

C:\Program Files\USMT301>scanstate z:\Misc\order /ue:*\* /ui:vanstudents\order /i:miguser.xml /i:migapp.xml

Log messages are being sent to 'C:\Program Files\USMT301\ScanState.log'

Scanning the computer for files and settings...

Collecting files and settings for:

This Computer 'VANSTUDENTS\order' (user 1 of 1)

Saving files and settings - 2 minute(s) remaining...

ScanState has successfully collected the files and settings.

Target Computer: VAN domain and XP machine

C:\Program Files\USMT301>loadstate z:\Misc\order /ue:*\* /ui:vanstudents\order /mu:vanstudents\order:van\order /i:miguser.xml /i:migapp.xml

Log messages are being sent to 'C:\Program Files\USMT301\LoadState.log'

Scanning the computer for files and settings...

Applying files and settings -

LoadState has successfully restored the files and settings.

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Pay attention to the option match in both scanstate and loadstate.

When you use the /mu option with loadstate, loadstate will fail if there is a /i:migsys.xml option. That means we cannot transfer the settings of outlook express to the new XP machine in the new domain. Outlook express settings are defined in migsys.xml file.