ADMT v3.0 ERR3: 7438 no NTUser.DAT file for "user" was found

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I am doing an interforest migration and trying to migrate a user from
domain a (source domain) --> domain b (target domain). We are
currently housing profiles using DFS (on a Windows Server 2003 R2
server) on a box named File01 which is in domain a.
When ADMT v3 is ran(translate roaming profile option selected) for a
test user we receive an error like the one below in the log. I am
specifically concerned about is "ERR3: 7438 no NTUser.DAT file for
testuser was found. The roaming profile cannot be migrated"



[Settings Section]
Task: User Migration (9)
ADMT Console
User: NEWDOMAIN\administrator
Computer: domctl2.newdomain.local (DOMCTL2)
Domain: newdomain.local (NEWDOMAIN)
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 5.2 (3790) Service Pack 2
Source Domain
Name: olddomain (olddomain)
DC: sc-domctl1.olddomain (SC-DOMCTL1)
OS: Windows 2000 Server 5.0 (2195) Service Pack 4
OU:
Target Domain
Name: newdomain.local (NEWDOMAIN)
DC: domctl2.newdomain.local (DOMCTL2)
OS: Windows Server 2003 5.2 (3790) Service Pack 2
OU: LDAP://newdomain.local/OU=newdomainUsers,DC=newdomain,DC=local
Intra-Forest: No
Password Option: Generate passwords, only for new objects = Yes
Password File: 'C:\WINDOWS\ADMT\Logs\passwords.txt'
Migrate Security Identifiers: No
Update Rights: Yes
Translate Roaming Profiles: Yes
Fix group membership: Yes
Conflict Option: Ignore
Source Disable Option: Leave source account
Source Expiration: Do not expire source account
Target Disable Option: Enable target account
Migrate groups: No
Migrate service accounts: Yes

[Object Migration Section]
2007-05-24 10:45:17 Starting Account Replicator.
2007-05-24 10:45:18 CN=Test User - Created
2007-05-24 10:45:18 CN=Test User - Strong password generated.
2007-05-24 10:45:18 WRN1:7874 Disabled the "password never expires"
account option for account 'CN=Test User'.
2007-05-24 10:45:18 ERR3:7438 No NTUser.DAT file for testuser was
found in \\newdomain.local\C$\DFSRoots\User\Profile\testuser. The
roaming profile cannot be migrated.
2007-05-24 10:45:18 Updated user rights for CN=Test User
2007-05-24 10:45:18 Operation completed.

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