Ghost Migration Template Help
Since moving from a roaming profile to a local profile/home directory, we suddenly have the need to make use of the migration features in ghost. I understand the basics of creating migration templates and packages. I have even run a few. However, I would like to narrow down the files that the template is grabbing and I am wondering if what I have in mind is possible.
The template I am using right now is:
$Profile$ (which is stored in the Vista default, C:\Users\UserName\
$Documents$ (which has been redirected to D:\UserName)
$Pictures$ (again, redirected to D:\UserName)
That works well when specifying a domain user in the Migration:Capture tab. But I would like to exclude some folders from the profile, temp folders for example. Is there a way to exclude them with a generalized path? Or do I have to type in a user specific path for each task?
I tried some paths %username%, and that didn't work. Are there other variables that work with ghost besides $Profile$, $Documents$, $Pictures$ and $Music$?
Any info is greatly appreciated. We are trying to cut down on the amount of touch that has to be applied to each machine, and are hoping that user migration through ghost will help us accomplish this.
All supported variables are
All supported variables are documented in Ghost implementation guide. There are few undocumented ones and I have posted them on this forum sometime ago but they are in minority - majority is well documented.
I would not recommend migrating $Profile$ folder. This folder includes system files like registry - you DO NOT want these files to be migrated. You might encounter problems if you try migrating those files and other system ones. If you are migrating user specific data then I'd suggest using user paths like $DOcuments$, $Pircures$, $Video$, and so on. You can of course exclude certain files or folders. If you are migrating thru the Console just add "exclude path" to your template. Syntax and interface in Console is identical to "include path". You can use wildcards as well: adding exclude path $Documents$\*.tmp and include path $Documents$\* will include everything in your documents but the tmp files. You can of course specify absolute paths just as well as relative paths, eg. c:\temp\*.doc will work and $Documents$\*.doc will work just as well. However second one will expand to correct folder for each user whereas the first one is an absolute path for all users.
You can also use wildcards to migrate users, eg. DomainX\* or DomainX\UserJoe or *\Joe* or Joe*s* will all work.
If you are doing manual migration just using User migration wizard then I'd suggest building your template in the Console and then exporting it. You can then feed this template xml file to the Wizard by just dropping it to XML folder under the WIzard folder.
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