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Symantec User Migration Package

  • 1.  Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 06, 2007 03:17 PM
    I created a User Migration Template in the Ghost Console 2.0.  Eveything is setup properly and works fine when i create the profile backups and restoration.  However, our tech shop occasionally reports user accounts sometimes get restored more than once and some of the profile restoration tasks sometimes fail.  I was asked if there is a way to run a tool (SumPackageExplorer.exe, i am assuming) from a USB key with proper switches to restore the backup.  All of our workstations have a file called C:\BackupProfile.ump, which contains all network users from the last 365 days. 
     
    I basically need to know how to restore the ump file manually without using the console, maybe by way of a batch file.
     
    any help is greatly appreciated.
     
    Thank you
     
    Chris


  • 2.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 06, 2007 05:10 PM
    Hi Christian,

    Please install standalone Symantec User Migration from the same CD anywhere on any machine. You can then copy main folder contents (dont forget to include "xml' subfolder) anywhere, including network share, USB flash etc. Run SUMWizard.exe - this is the exe host that executes migration engine just like Ghost console does. You can run it in full manual mode to control everything you want to restore (eg. profiles, settings and files) or script - please refer to Ghost documentation for all available options.

    Please note that SUMWizard is not available in a trial version.


  • 3.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 06, 2007 06:59 PM
    The installation is also available from Ghost Console in the Program Files\Symantec\Ghost\SUMWizardInstall directory. Online help is available from the wizard, with detailed documentation including commandline options available from SUM User Guide.pdf which is installed with the wizard.

    Separately, there are also one or two undocumented capture options available, discussed here. These are not useful for restore operations though.


  • 4.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 07, 2007 10:24 AM
    Thank you for the replies.  They pointed me in the right direction and i got a commandline function to restore the profile.  However i want to do the same for creating a profile backup.  My command line is as follows:
     
    sumwizard /pkg:"C:\BackupProfile.ump" /action:create /overwrite /force /reboot
     
    In the backup i want to exclude certain variables, such as, MyMusic, MyVideos and MyPictures.  I found the documentation that mentions these variables as Sytem Defined Paths, but how do i integrate these exclusions in command line form.
     
    Thanks
     
    Chris


  • 5.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 07, 2007 10:25 AM
    Thank you for the replies.  They pointed me in the right direction and i got a commandline function to restore the profile.  However i want to do the same for creating a profile backup.  My command line is as follows:
     
    sumwizard /pkg:"C:\BackupProfile.ump" /action:create /overwrite /force /reboot
     
    In the backup i want to exclude certain variables, such as, MyMusic, MyVideos and MyPictures.  I found the documentation that mentions these variables as Sytem Defined Paths, but how do i integrate these exclusions in command line form.
     
    Thanks
     
    Chris


  • 6.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 07, 2007 04:37 PM
    After creating a migration template using the ghost console, use the Export Migration Template feature, and drop the exported file in the wizard \xml directory.

    Message Edited by Xan Todd on 08-08-200709:37 AM



  • 7.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 07, 2007 06:28 PM
    By the way, for desktop display settings, there is a known issue when using an exported template. Although I added this to the knowledgebase some time ago, it hasn't appeared there yet. Your question reminded me. I've posted a a description and workaround here.

    Message Edited by Xan Todd on 08-08-200711:30 AM



  • 8.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 09, 2007 08:54 AM
    Hi Xan,
    This was very useful.  Thank you.  I want to know if it can go a step further.  Can i specify only domain users as opposed to all the users?  Because through my console I have my task setup as copying the profiles of only the domain users that have logged in within the last 90 days.  Whereas this method captures all of the user accounts on the machine.
     
    Chris


  • 9.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 09, 2007 04:56 PM
    Hi Christian,

    As Xan pointed out - you set all the options for files/apps/registry and export this template. Some options are part of migration task and cannot be exported via Console. That does not mean you cannot get to them. Easiest way for you to get hold of all options used during Console migration is to execute your migration task, then open Explorer and go to c:\program files\symantec\ghost\outgoing folder. There at some point you'll see file of some random name with extension of xml. Copy this file somewhere and rename it to SCMMigrationOptions.xml.

    You can then feed this options file to migration Wizard just like exported template. Migration engine is identical for Console and Wizard migration - it is just different shell that drives it.

    Anyway, back to your question. Options are plain xml file so once you opened it in say notepad and go down to the bottom of it, you'll see section "extraoptions". In this section you can specify profile type, names, compression levels, debugging levels etc. Unfortunately we do not provide any manual describing what are the options but once you saw them it is very easy to figure out what and how to use them.

    BTW, this method will not suffer from the bug Xan mentioned earlier of exporting template and not getting children applications included.

    Good luck!


  • 10.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 09, 2007 06:31 PM
    Further information on those options over here.

    Message Edited by Xan Todd on 08-10-200712:04 PM



  • 11.  RE: Symantec User Migration Package

    Posted Aug 10, 2007 12:56 PM
    thank you for the help...all is good.
     
    Chris