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| Computer Migration - Things to Consider Here are a few points which you can consider while doing computer migration. These points are applicable to all migrations irrespective of the migration tool (ADMT, NetIQ, Quest etc). Here is a high level flow chart that describes the computer migration process:
Admin$ Access (PreMig1 Script) – Ensure that you can access Admin$ or C$ on the workstation using your migration service account. You can use the following script to test the Admin$ permission: http://portal.sivarajan.com/2010/01/check-admin-share-using-poweshell.html Ping (part of PreMig1 Script)– Make sure you can ping the workstation from the migration console/server. But keep in mind that, if ICMP is disabled on your network, you won’t be able to ping the workstation. Also, I have seen in many cases that Ping is resolving to an incorrect IP address, which can be due to a bad WINS server or bad name resolution. Restart the Computer before Migration (PreMig2 Script): It is recommended to restart the workstation before the migration. This will ensure that the profiles are not locked or users are not logged onto their workstations. You can use the following script to restart the workstations:
NetBIOS and FQDN Name Resolution – The workstation should have proper DNS and WINS configuration. I would recommend implementing DNS Suffix Search Order List with all domain names before the migration. Here are some
good reference articles: http://portal.sivarajan.com/2010/03/qmm-network-path-was-not-found.html Local Admin Access – Most of the migration tools requires Local Admin privilege on the workstation. If you don’t have local admin privilege, you can either use Restricted Group GPO : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279301 Or you can use my script: http://santhosh.windowsnetworking.com Also, refer the ADMT permission details on the following blogs: http://portal.sivarajan.com/2010/04/admt-service-account-permission-and.html Remote Registry Key Service – The remote registry service has to be running. You need to enable this service if you are changing the domain membership. You can use the following procedure to enable the service remotely: http://portal.sivarajan.com/2010/02/stop-and-disable-service-script-batch.html Server Service - The Server service must be running. You can use above script to enable this service remotely. Workstation Service - The Workstation service must be running. You can use above script to enable this service remotely. Netlogon Service - The Netlogon service must be running. You can use above script to enable this service remotely. File and Print Service – The File and Print service should be enabled on the TCP/IP properties on the workstation. Firewall – If possible, disable the firewall service during the migration. Otherwise you need to create a firewall exception rule. Wireless or Multiple NICs – If multiple NICs are enabled on the workstation, disable the second NIC or Wireless connection prior to the migration. Here is a related issue: http://portal.sivarajan.com/2010/03/migration-system-detected-possible.html Power Management - Disable the Power Management feature during the migration. This will ensure the power management is not going to shutdown the computer during the migration. Change Default Domain Membership (PostMig1 Script)– Even if you select to change the default domain name to the target Domain name, sometimes it won’t update the workstation with this information. I have seen this issue with almost all migration tools. So I recommend running the following script after the computer migration: http://portal.sivarajan.com/2010/01/change-default-domain-name-log-on-to.html Workstation Profile Migration: After the resource update and re-ACL process some users might lose their local workstation profile (user might get a new profile). It might be due to profile corruption, locked profile etc etc. So if you run into a workstation profile issue, you can use the following workaround to reassign the old profile back to the migrated user: http://portal.sivarajan.com/2010/04/workstation-profile-migration.html You can see more sample scripts on the following website: http://www.sivarajan.com/scripts.html
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