Migrating Terminal Services

[Guest Raul Carbonell]

Hi Everyone,

please i need your help, in my company we have changes the Server where have

installed the Terminal Server to another better, its a technology upgrade,

then i need know how to migrate the profiles because i can't setup it again,

because have 150 user almost.

Please thanks for you suggest.

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Migrating Terminal Services

 

From

http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_profiles.htm#move_new_HW

 

Q: I am planning to move my Terminal Server to new hardware. How

can I move the user profiles to the new server?

 

A: The easiest way is to configure all user accounts with a roaming

profile, a couple of days before your intended server move. Once

every user has logged on and logged off your old Terminal Server,

the user profiles will be stored centrally and they will be loaded

when your users log on to the new Terminal Server.

 

If you want to stick to local user profiles on the Terminal Server,

here's the procedure to move them to the new server:

 

1. Create a test user account

2. Log on to the old server with the test user account and make a

couple of changes in the user environment. Write them down and

logoff

3. Start regedit on the old server and export the following 2

registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

\ProfileGuid

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

\ProfileList

 

4. Start regedit on the new server and export the same keys, as a

backup copy

5. Copy the exported keys (the .reg files) from the old server to

the new server and import them, by double-clicking on them

6. Use robocopy to copy the user profiles. In the following example

robocopy is run from the new server:

robocopy "\\old_server\c$\documents and settings" "c:\documents and

settings"

/COPYALL /S

/XD "\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\Administrator"

"\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\LocalService"

"\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\NetworkService"

"\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\Default User"

"\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\All Users"

 

7. That's it! Log on with the test user account and check the

changes you made in step 2 to verify that your profile is loaded

properly

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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"Raul Carbonell" <raul.carbonell@dhl.com> wrote on 11 aug 2007 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi Everyone,

> please i need your help, in my company we have changes the

> Server where have installed the Terminal Server to another

> better, its a technology upgrade, then i need know how to

> migrate the profiles because i can't setup it again, because

> have 150 user almost. Please thanks for you suggest.

[Guest Raul Carbonell]

Re: Migrating Terminal Services

 

Thanks so Much...

 

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message

news:Xns9989A0CEE943Cveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

> From

> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_profiles.htm#move_new_HW

>

> Q: I am planning to move my Terminal Server to new hardware. How

> can I move the user profiles to the new server?

>

> A: The easiest way is to configure all user accounts with a roaming

> profile, a couple of days before your intended server move. Once

> every user has logged on and logged off your old Terminal Server,

> the user profiles will be stored centrally and they will be loaded

> when your users log on to the new Terminal Server.

>

> If you want to stick to local user profiles on the Terminal Server,

> here's the procedure to move them to the new server:

>

> 1. Create a test user account

> 2. Log on to the old server with the test user account and make a

> couple of changes in the user environment. Write them down and

> logoff

> 3. Start regedit on the old server and export the following 2

> registry keys:

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

> \ProfileGuid

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

> \ProfileList

>

> 4. Start regedit on the new server and export the same keys, as a

> backup copy

> 5. Copy the exported keys (the .reg files) from the old server to

> the new server and import them, by double-clicking on them

> 6. Use robocopy to copy the user profiles. In the following example

> robocopy is run from the new server:

> robocopy "\\old_server\c$\documents and settings" "c:\documents and

> settings"

> /COPYALL /S

> /XD "\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\Administrator"

> "\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\LocalService"

> "\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\NetworkService"

> "\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\Default User"

> "\\old_server\c$\documents and settings\All Users"

>

> 7. That's it! Log on with the test user account and check the

> changes you made in step 2 to verify that your profile is loaded

> properly

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> "Raul Carbonell" <raul.carbonell@dhl.com> wrote on 11 aug 2007 in

> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>> Hi Everyone,

>> please i need your help, in my company we have changes the

>> Server where have installed the Terminal Server to another

>> better, its a technology upgrade, then i need know how to

>> migrate the profiles because i can't setup it again, because

>> have 150 user almost. Please thanks for you suggest.

[Guest usebcc@gmail.com]

Re: Migrating Terminal Services

 

On Aug 10, 5:27 pm, "Raul Carbonell" <raul.carbon...@dhl.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

> please i need your help, in my company we have changes the Server where have

> installed the Terminal Server to another better, its a technology upgrade,

> then i need know how to migrate the profiles because i can't setup it again,

> because have 150 user almost.

> Please thanks for you suggest.

 

Use the solution posted by Vera but I highly recommend dropping ten

bux on CopyRite XP which is a GUI for that Robocopy program. It

totally demystifies the workings of Robocopy with the Point and Click

interface.

There's nothing to install either. You just copy the copyrite and

robocopy exe files somewhere and use them.

 

http://copyrite.dyndns.info

 

Steve

[Guest usebcc@gmail.com]

Re: Migrating Terminal Services

 

On Aug 27, 7:31 am, use...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Aug 10, 5:27 pm, "Raul Carbonell" <raul.carbon...@dhl.com> wrote:

>

> > Hi Everyone,

> > please i need your help, in my company we have changes the Server where have

> > installed the Terminal Server to another better, its a technology upgrade,

> > then i need know how to migrate the profiles because i can't setup it again,

> > because have 150 user almost.

> > Please thanks for you suggest.

>

> Use the solution posted by Vera but I highly recommend dropping ten

> bux on CopyRite XP which is a GUI for that Robocopy program. It

> totally demystifies the workings of Robocopy with the Point and Click

> interface.

> There's nothing to install either. You just copy the copyrite and

> robocopy exe files somewhere and use them.

>

> http://copyrite.dyndns.info

>

> Steve

 

I got the URL Wrong.

It should be http://copyrite.dyndns.biz

:(

 

Steve