Migrate User Accounts
By default, all users are migrated. The only way to specify which users to include and exclude is on the command line by using the ScanState User options and the LoadState User options. Users can't be specified in the migration XML files or by using the Config.xml
file.
To migrate all user accounts and user settings
Links to detailed explanations of commands are available in the Related articles section.
Sign into the source computer as an administrator.
Enter the following
ScanState.exe
command line in a command prompt window:ScanState.exe \\server\share\migration\mystore /i:MigDocs.xml /i:MigApp.xml /o
Sign into the destination computer as an administrator.
Enter one of the following
LoadState.exe
command lines in a command prompt window:If migrating domain accounts, enter:
LoadState.exe \\server\share\migration\mystore /i:MigDocs.xml /i:MigApp.xml
If migrating local accounts along with domain accounts, enter:
LoadState.exe \\server\share\migration\mystore /i:MigDocs.xml /i:MigApp.xml /lac /lae
Note
The
/lae
option doesn't need to be specified, which enables the account that was created with the/lac
option. Instead, create a disabled local account by specifying only the/lac
option, and then a local administrator needs to enable the account on the destination computer.
To migrate two domain accounts (User1 and User2)
Links to detailed explanations of commands are available in the Related articles section.
Sign into the source computer as an administrator.
Enter the following
ScanState.exe
command line in a command prompt window:ScanState.exe \\server\share\migration\mystore /ue:*\* /ui:contoso\user1 /ui:fabrikam\user2 /i:MigDocs.xml /i:MigApp.xml /o
Sign into the destination computer as an administrator.
Enter the following
LoadState.exe
command line in a command prompt window:LoadState.exe \\server\share\migration\mystore /i:MigDocs.xml /i:MigApp.xml
To migrate two domain accounts (User1 and User2) and move both accounts from the Contoso domain to the Fabrikam domain
Links to detailed explanations of commands are available in the Related articles section.
Sign into the source computer as an administrator.
Enter the following
ScanState.exe
command line in a command prompt window:ScanState.exe \\server\share\migration\mystore /ue:*\* /ui:contoso\user1 /ui:contoso\user2 /i:MigDocs.xml /i:MigApp.xml /o
Sign into the destination computer as an administrator.
Enter the following
LoadState.exe
command line in a command prompt window:LoadState.exe \\server\share\migration\mystore /mu:contoso\user1:fabrikam\user1 /mu:contoso\user2:fabrikam\user2 /i:MigDocs.xml /i:MigApp.xml