Usmt and beyond practical tips for your migration helge klein. Ive run into a problem that ive been spending far to much time on already. Stepbystep how to migrate users and user data from xp, vista. There are three task sequence variables that give extra options during the capturing and restoring of user state. Microsofts user state migration tool usmt assists in migrating system settings and application data to a new device, or replacing a device.
How to debug a usmt log like a pro the usmt team blog. Usmt captures files and settings from the source computer and then migrates them to a new windows installation. Hi not sure if i am in the right forum category but here goes. Describes a user state migration tool usmt software update for migration scenarios. How to migrate user profiles with user state migration.
Lf script to backuptransfer user profiles via scanstate. Loadstate error running 32bit process on a 64bit system. You can specify a number of days or you can specify a date. Usmt then migrates these items to a new windows installation. You place this exe in the same folder as your scanstate. User state migration tool usmt technical reference. Software deployment systems deployment supporting windows k2000 usmt k2000 systems deployment appliance k2000 deployment workbench umst10. Use code42 to migrate windows user profiles and data code42. Hi, were using offline usmt to capture user state from a windows xp machine in olddomain, apply windows 7 joined to newdomain and restore the capture user profiles. Usmt provides a highly customizable userprofile migration experience for it professionals.
Tips and tricks on using the user state migration tool. Does anyone currently do this or can point me to a location where this. An example of a load data on to pc command could look like this in one. I am having a little trouble getting a user migration to complete successfully. Scanstate user options from technet page 2 of 6 option description or uel. Scanstate collects information from the source computer, and loadstate applies that information to the destination computer. For more information about what is excluded when you specify localonly, see scanstate syntax. Error invalid store path during the loadstate process. Here is a quick general example on common syntax used for restoring the usmt store. Download windows user state migration tool usmt version.
Note that loadstate points to the backup directory containing the usmt directory and not the mig. For information about software requirements for running the loadstate command, see usmt requirements. Before you run the loadstate command, note the following. Usmt in the windows adk for windows 10, version 1511 10.
Fixes a scanstate progress command exception in windows 7. Download the latest deployment kit usmt directly from microsoft. Scanstate options allow you to use some usmt syntax commands when. Solved usmt on mdt to capture scanstate on another. Writing down a full list of all possible scanstate and loadstate syntax and their possible combinations would exceed the limits of this chapter by far and.
This tutorial assumes you are already familiar with usmt and explains how to configure and deploy windows user profile backup with the code42 app. User state migration tool usmt commandline syntax windows. After the installation is complete, you can find the usmt files in the directory c. It worked to run the scanstate on a win7 32bit system but when i tried to run the loadstate from the x86 usmt4 share on a win7 64bit system it failed. P im trying to use usmt hardlink functionallity for future reinstallations, but it will not work unless i do a manual reboot during. I checked on internet and i found an interresting script that i used. Per technet, i know code 11 is invalid parameters and code. Also, with usmt you have the ability to encrypt and compress the store. We do this when we migrate users between workstations, such as when they get a new computer. For example usmt migrates the theme which has the effect of replacing.
Note loadstate supports many other command line options. You can use usmt to perform unattended migrations and to migrate files and settings for computers with multiple users. Hello all, our first lab in a workstation class is migrating user data using usmt. To improve and simplify the migration process, usmt captures desktop, network, and application settings in addition to a users files. Normally im not really the kind of person that looks back, but in this case its with a reason, as most of my posts where with prerelease versions of sp1. Loadstate migration data restore to alternative location. Usmt 5 is included in the windows assessment and deployment kit adk. My usmt4 share was using the x86 usmt4 files and that is why i ran into this problem.
The user state migration tool usmt is a command line utility program developed by. Actually not released this week but it does contain some really cool configmgr related tools, like usmt 5. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Information about the user state migration tool usmt 4. For this script to work, save it in a folder on removable drive or network drive, create a usmt and backup folder on the same location, create folders for 64bit and 32 bit versions of usmt and copy usmt from a computer it is installed in to these folders. Usmt includes two tools that migrate settings and data. The nice thing is that its also possible to use these other command line switches. The user state migration tool usmt is included with the windows assessment and deployment kit windows adk for windows 10. When deploying windows 7 and using usmt 10 loadstate, the operation will fail due to missing files. This tool includes two command line tools named scanstate and loadstate. This task is also performed by windows easy transfer, which was designed for general users but then discontinued with the release of windows 10, where they instead partnered with laplink. This has basic functionality and all settings are customized in the i. Im trying to script a way of backing up user profiles from their old machines onto a ufd then loadstate them onto their new computer. Note that loadstate points to the backup directory containing the usmt directory and not the mig file itself.
Microsofts user state migration tool usmt assists in migrating system settings and. Scanstate user options from technet page 1 of 6 user. This time, i kept getting loadstate return code 11 or 71. Windows devices running the code42 app can back up and transfer windows user profile data. Last time i tried to use it, nothing worked for me. To collect user data, the scanstate command is used. Step by step usmt script to migrate as single user.
Lf script to backuptransfer user profiles via scanstateloadstate 5. In this blog post we will not be modifying any of the configuration files. Loadstate syntax windows 10 windows deployment microsoft. These migration scenarios occur when the source or destination computer has microsoft office 2010 installed. You can download the windows assessment and deployment kit adk for. We mapped a network drive, generated an xml using scanstate and loaded a new os to do a loadstate on it. To resolve this issue, provide a path of the same folder level that was used in the scan state.
Im using a batch file on the new win7 install that maps the network drive again and runs loadstate, but i. Loadstate is a command line tool with many options table 2 describes each of the options individually. Scanstate and loadstate syntax mastering the microsoft. So far, everything is working well with regards to. No when i run loadstate i dont have access to these folders. How to migrate user profiles with user state migration tool usmt. Step by step usmt script to migrate as single user on. Usmt provides several commandline options that you can use to analyze problems that occur during migration. Microsoft windows user state migration tool usmt version 3. The user state migration tool usmt is a command line utility program developed by microsoft that allows users comfortable with scripting languages to transfer files and settings between windows pcs. After running scanstate in usmt and collecting the data from the local hard disk i require, is it possible to use the loadstate command to restore this data to an alternative location, say a network share. Usmt user migration i am having a little trouble getting a user migration to complete successfully. For a complete list of these options, see the usmt.
We are working on migrating from windows xp to windows 7 using the usmt from microsoft as one of the components. Lets start my first post, of this new year, with an overview of my latest post about configmgr 2012 service pack sp 1. This is demo on how to use usmt to migrate user profiles from old to new windows installation xp to 7 in this case. Hi, according to usmt loadstate syntax, thats seem not. You do not need to make any changes for a default migration. To ensure that all operating system settings migrate, we recommend that you run the loadstate commands in administrator mode from an account with administrative credentials. User state migration usmt is a flexible framework for controlling how user data is managed during machine rebuilds. This particular example will only capture users that have logged in within the last 30 days. Usmt retrieves the last logon information from local computer. Program files x86windows kits10assessment and deployment kituser state migration tool later you can copy these files to the source computer this utility consists of two console programs scanstate. The scanstate and loadstate logs contain a wealth of information on each problem that is encountered, however it does take a little bit of work to root cause a problem.