Re: Migrating Profile
- From: "Joel Robinson" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:35:32 -0400
look at profwiz (www.forensit.com). it will do it i think. swing is nice
but surely overkill for a single pc.
"501c3help" <501c3help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Check out www.sbsmigration.com.
Jeff's SwingIt method for transfering your SBS Active Directory is top
rate.
The issues you describe - losing of profiles, personal settings, etc - is
all a symptom of dumping and recreating Active Directory. Even if you
install AD with the same domain and server name, everything has a new
unique
identifier and so it's considered a different Active Directory.
Jeff Middleton's SwingIt method provides a way of transfering and
preserving
the existing AD, so that when you slide the new or rebuilt server back in
to
service, your client machines never know the difference. To them, it's
still
the same AD that you had previously and so they go about their merry
business. Everything is preserverd - mail profile, most recently used
lists,
desktop settings, et al.
The scenario you are working with comes under Jeff's "Same Hardware"
scenario where you are trying to swing off of an existing box, reinstall
or
rebuild on that same hardware, then put the box back into service.
The SwingIt kit consists of a number of very detailed documents that walk
you through the process. It's $200 but the best $200 you'll ever spend to
make the job much easier.
The method calls for having an intermediary server to temporarily transfer
and store the Active Directory on but you can use a Virtual Server on a
laptop or desktop system to do that. I just did a Swing using that
method.
Loaded up MS Virtual Server on a laptop, installed just the server OS
portion
of SBS into the virtual server, and then transfered my existing AD into
the
virtual server using Jeff's method. Performed the reinstall on the
existing
box, reconnected the laptop to the LAN, and transferred the AD back to the
newly rebuilt server. The client machines never had a clue that a change
was
made.
Jeff has a very detailed overview document on his web site that you can
download for free to get a sense of what the method entails.
As great as it works, it's not for amateurs. You need to know your way
around your server and AD environment and be very cautious and attentive
to
detail and following Jeff's directions. So get the kit, read through the
documents a few times to make sure you understand the approach, then go
for
it!
"Magnetoram" wrote:
Good Morning,
When I go to join a computer to the SBS 2K3 domain the user profile that
I
want to migrate is not listed. Computer is XP Pro, user account shows up
in
C:\Document and Settings. I had to remove the computer from the domain
and
rejoin it. The user was previously using this computer. By mistake I had
disabled the user and enabled them again. How do I get the profile to be
listed?
Thanks
.
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