User manual NOVELL ZENWORKS 10 PERSONALITY MIGRATION PERSONALITY MIGRATION REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010

[. . . ] novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTATION Personality Migration Reference Novell® 10. 3 March 30, 2010 ZENworks® 10 Personality Migration www. novell. com ZENworks 10 Personality Migration Reference novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 Legal Notices Novell, Inc. , makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this documentation, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. , reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to its content, at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes. Further, Novell, Inc. , makes no representations or warranties with respect to any software, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. , reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes. [. . . ] IMPORTANT: The source user account is not created on the destination device if the Password Complexity policy is enabled on the destination device. If the administrator is not logged in to the destination device, the selected settings are migrated to the profile of the user who has logged in to the destination device. You can also do any of the following in the Destination column: Select an existing user account to apply the personality settings to a different user. For example, you can apply the personality settings of blradmin to the Guest user. Click Create a new user to create a new user account and apply the personalized settings to this newly created user. You are prompted to enter the username and the password for the new user. NOTE: If the Password Complexity policy is enabled on the destination device, ensure to specify a password that matches the Password Complexity policy of the destination device. Deselect the system settings you do not want to migrate. Deselect the application settings you do not want to migrate. 10 (Optional) Double-click the application name in the Destination column and select a different application if you want to apply the personality settings across applications. For example, you can apply the FireFox* bookmarks and settings to Internet Explorer* or vice versa. Deselect the files settings you do not want to migrate. Manually Migrating Personality Settings 25 novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 12 (Optional) Double-click the filename in the Destination column to change the destination of the file. 13 Click Next to migrate the selected settings to the destination device. This step might take some time, depending on the amount of data migrated. Errors, if any, appear in red color. 26 ZENworks 10 Personality Migration Reference novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 Automatically Migrating Personality Settings 5 5 ZENworks® Personality Migration provides automated migration for large-scale personality migrations from a Windows managed device to another Windows managed device across an enterprise. To automatically migrate the personality settings, perform the following tasks in the order listed: Section 5. 1, "Creating a Personality Template, " on page 27 Section 5. 2, "Modifying an Existing Template, " on page 38 Section 5. 3, "Automatically Migrating Personality Settings, " on page 38 Section 5. 4, "Migrating Personality Settings by Using the Command Prompt, " on page 39 Section 5. 5, "Command Prompt Options to Store and Apply Personalities, " on page 40 5. 1 Creating a Personality Template Personality Migration uses a template to perform automated migrations by using the directive bundles. This provides an efficient migration method without stepping through the ZENworks Personality Migration user interface each time you want to perform a migration on a specific machine. Ensure that you use the same template for the store and apply process. A template defines policies that describe to the ZENworks Personality Migration engine the migration rules for the following settings categories: Users System Settings Application Settings Files and Folders The template communicates which items are to be saved from the source Windows machine into the PNP file, and which items are to be applied to the destination machine. A template is an XML file that can be read and edited with any editor. However, using the Template Builder for ZENworks Personality Migration is a convenient way to build custom templates for migrations, so you can have standardized and consistent migration across an organization. You can create templates using the Template Builder. 5. 1. 1 Starting the Template Builder 1 On a supported Windows device, click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks > ZENworks Personality Migration Template Builder. Automatically Migrating Personality Settings 27 novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 5. 1. 2 Using the Template Builder to Create a Template The Template Builder consists of four tabs in addition to standard File options such as New, Open, and Save. 1 Open the Template Builder to display the default Users tab. [. . . ] For example, the %os% variable expands the directory where the operating system is installed on the device. The following table describes the variables that are used in Personality Migration. The table lists the values for Windows XP and Windows 7, but the variables can be used on all supported operating systems. The examples assume that the operating systems are installed on the C:\ drive. Variable Description Value for Windows XP applicationdata The Application Data directory that contains application-specific data for the current user The Application Data directory that is common to all users The Desktop directory that is common to all users C:\Documents and C:\Users\username Settings\username\ \AppData\Roaming Application Data C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop C:\ProgramData commonapplicationdata commondesktop C:\Users\Public\D esktop C:\Users\Public\D ocuments commondocuments The Documents directory C:\Documents and that contains documents Settings\All Users\Documents that are common to all users commonprogramfiles The Common Files C:\Program C:\Program directory that contain files Files\Common Files Files\Common Files common to various applications The Start Menu directory that contains the Start menu items common to all users Name of the device commonstartmenu C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu If the hostname is abc, the value of the variable is abc C:\ProgramData\Mi crosoft\Windows\S tart Menu If the hostname is abc, the value of the variable is abc computername cookies The Cookies directory C:\Documents and C:\Users\ that contains the browser Settings\username\ username cookies Cookies \AppData\Roaming\ Microsoft\Windows \Cookies Understanding Variables 57 novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 Variable Description Value for Windows XP Value for Windows 7 desktop The logical desktop for the current user The Desktop directory that physically stores information on the desktop The Favorites directory that contains the favorite items for the current user The Fonts directory that contains system fonts The History directory that contains the browser history for the current user The Temporary Internet Files directory that contain the temporary Internet files for the current user The directory that contains the local application-specific data that is used by the current user The My Music directory for the current user C:\Documents and Settings\ username \Desktop\ C:\Documents and Settings\ username \Desktop C:\Documents and Settings\ username \Favorites C:\WINDOWS\Fonts C:\Documents and Settings\ username\Local Settings\History C:\Documents and Settings\username\ Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files C:\Users\username \Desktop\ C:\Users\username \Desktop desktopdirectory favorites C:\Users\ username\Favorite s C:\WINDOWS\Fonts C:\Users\ username \AppData\Local\Mi crosoft\Windows\H istory C:\Users\username \AppData\Local\Mi crosoft\Windows\T emporary Internet Files fonts history internetcache localapplicationdata C:\Documents and C:\Users\ Settings\ username username \Local \AppData\Local Settings\Applicati on Data C:\Documents and C:\Users\ Settings\ username\Music username\My Documents\My Music C:\Users\ username\Pictures mymusic mypictures The My Pictures directory C:\Documents and Settings\ for the current user username\My Documents\My Pictures myvideo The My Video directory for the current user C:\Documents and C:\Users\username Settings\username\ \Videos My Documents\My Videos C:\WINDOWS C:\Windows os personal The Windows install directory The directory that contains the user's documents C:\Users\username C:\Documents and Settings\username\ \Documents My Documents 58 ZENworks 10 Personality Migration Reference novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 Variable Description Value for Windows XP Value for Windows 7 profile The directory that contains the current user's profile The directory that contains the All Users profile The Programs directory C:\Documents and Settings\username C:\Documents and Settings C:\Documents and Settings\username\ Start Menu\Programs C:\Documents and Settings\username\ Application Data\Microsoft\Int ernet Explorer\Quick C:\Users\username profiles C:\Users programs C:\Users\username \AppData\Roaming\ Microsoft\Windows \Start Menu\Programs C:\Users\username \AppData\Roaming\ Microsoft\Interne t Explorer\Quick Launch quicklaunch The Quick Launch directory recent The directory that contains shortcuts to the documents recently used by the user C:\Users\username C:\Documents and Settings\username\ \AppData\Roaming\ Microsoft\Windows Recent \Recent sendto The SendTo directory that C:\Documents and C:\Users\username contains the Send To Settings\username\ \AppData\Roaming\ SendTo Microsoft\Windows menu items \SendTo startmenu The Start Menu directory that contains the Start menu items C:\Documents and C:\Users\username Settings\username\ \AppData\Roaming\ Start Menu Microsoft\Windows \Start Menu startup The Startup directory that C:\Documents and C:\Users\username contains the startup items Settings\username\ \AppData\Roaming\ Start Microsoft\Windows for the user Menu\Programs\Star \Start tup Menu\Programs\Sta rtup system tempdirectory The System directory The Temp directory that contains the temporary files The Template directory that stores document templates C:\WINDOWS\system3 C:\WINDOWS\system 2 32 C:\DOCUME~1\userna C:\Users\username me\LOCALS~1\Temp\ \AppData\Local\Te mp\ C:\Documents and C:\Users\username Settings\username\ \AppData\Roaming\ Templates Microsoft\Windows \Templates If the username is abc, the value of the variable is abc. templates username The name of the currently If the username is abc, logged-in user the value of the variable is abc. Understanding Variables 59 novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 60 ZENworks 10 Personality Migration Reference novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 F Cross-User Migration Scenarios F The flowcharts in this section describe the various scenarios you might encounter while migrating user personalities. [. . . ]