USMT User Data Migration
Typically in the past data
has been migrated manually by IT, this generally takes up a lot of time for the
IT person involved in migrating the data and can result in varying experiences
for the user. The USMT (User State Migration Tool) from Microsoft can be used to
provide a much quicker and consistent migration experience for both the IT
person and the general user.
Setup USMT
Download USMT and put on a
file share either on a PC or a server in this case it is on C Root (Make sure
enough disk space is available).
Inside the Microsoft USMT 4.0 the folder structure should look like
the following
ScanState .Bat File
Create a batch file under
Microsoft USMT 4.0 with the following command (TEST3007 in this case is the PC
that the migration data will be stored on)
pushd
"\\TEST3007\C$\Microsoft USMT 4.0\x86"
scanstate.exe
\\TEST3007\C$\PCBackup\%computername% /ui:DOMAINNAME\* /i:migapp.xml
/i:miguser.xml /v:13 /l:%COMPUTERNAME%_scan.log /o /c
pause
Name the batch file
scanstate or something appropriate and change the ui:DOMAINNAME to your domain name.
PC Backup Folder
Create a folder called
PCBackup on the C Root, changing the folder icon is optional.
You are now ready to migrate data from a source machine.
Migrating the Old Machine
To migrate data from the
old machine is now a simple process, simply logon to the old machine and
navigate to the directory where the Scanstate.bat file is located and
double click on it. The migration process will now start.
Data will now be migrated
to the location specified in the scanstate.bat file in this example it
will be
scanstate.exe
\\TEST3007\C$\PCBackup\%computername%
On completion of the .bat a
ScanState return code : 0 should be returned as shown below:-
If another code is
returned then the transfer will not have completed and may have to be restarted.
Google the error for more information.
Restoring User Profile to New Machine
Restoring User Profile to New Machine
To restore the migrated
data to a new machine go to the PCBackup Folder and select the folder with the
machine name that you have migrated. Inside the PCBacklup folder a USMT file
will be available, double click on the file and restore the profile/s that you
would like on the new machine. You can restore the profile data while the user
is logged in or use separate logon a separate logon.
Shared Items should also be restored as this will restore items that outside the users profiles, such as files store on the C root of their old machine. This is located at the bottom of the easy transfer wizard.
Optional Step For Advanced Users - Config.xml File
scanstate /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml /genconfig:config.xml /v:13
Most people will skip this step but maybe handy for users that have to migrate specific data from a number of machines.
The user
should now have all the data they require on the new machine. To migrate another
machine simply repeat the process with the only difference being that the
machine backup folder will be a different name.
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