NIIT Lab@Home 3 ICTWC
1. An A. datum Corporation user, Allie Bellew, has recently been assigned a new Windows 8 computer. You have been asked to assist her with the migration of her settings from her previous computer. Objectives Back up important user data and settings. Restore user data and settings to a target computer. Verify successful migration of user data and settings.
Backing Up Important User Data and Settings
In this exercise, you will use WET to back up the settings from LON-CL3 for the user Allie Bellew
(Adatum\Allie) to a network share on LON-DC1 (\\LON-DC1\WET).
The main task for this exercise is as follows:
1. Capture user settings by using WET.
Task 1: Capture user settings by using WET
1. On LON-CL3, start the Windows Easy Transfer (WET) tool.
2. Use the WET tool to save settings for Allie Bellew (Adatum\Allie) to \\LON-DC1\WET.
Results: After completing this exercise, you should have backed up important user data and settings.
Restoring User Data and Settings to a Target Computer
In this exercise, you will use WET to restore the settings saved in \\LON-DC1\WET to Allie’s new Windows
8 computer, LON-CL1.
The main task for this exercise is as follows:
1. Import the data and configuration settings on LON-CL1.
Task 1: Import the data and configuration settings on LON-CL1
1. On LON-CL1, run Windows Easy Transfer, and restore the settings in the file saved to
\\LON-DC1\WET in the previous exercise.
2. After the transfer is complete, restart LON-CL1.
Results: After completing this exercise, you should have restored user data and settings to a Windows 8
computer by using WET.
Verifying Successful Migration of User Data and Settings
In this exercise, you will log on to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Allie to confirm that her settings have been
migrated successfully.
The main task for this exercise is as follows:
1. Verify the migration of data and settings on LON-CL1.
Task 1: Verify the migration of data and settings on LON-CL1
1. Log on to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Allie with a password of Pa$$w0rd.
2. Navigate to the Desktop and confirm that a shortcut for WordPad is present.
3. Navigate to Allie’s Documents folder to confirm that a file named Report.txt is there.
4. Log off of LON-CL1
Results: After completing this exercise, you should have confirmed the successful transfer of user data
and settings.
In this exercise, you will use WET to back up the settings from LON-CL3 for the user Allie Bellew
(Adatum\Allie) to a network share on LON-DC1 (\\LON-DC1\WET).
The main task for this exercise is as follows:
1. Capture user settings by using WET.
Task 1: Capture user settings by using WET
1. On LON-CL3, start the Windows Easy Transfer (WET) tool.
2. Use the WET tool to save settings for Allie Bellew (Adatum\Allie) to \\LON-DC1\WET.
Results: After completing this exercise, you should have backed up important user data and settings.
Restoring User Data and Settings to a Target Computer
In this exercise, you will use WET to restore the settings saved in \\LON-DC1\WET to Allie’s new Windows
8 computer, LON-CL1.
The main task for this exercise is as follows:
1. Import the data and configuration settings on LON-CL1.
Task 1: Import the data and configuration settings on LON-CL1
1. On LON-CL1, run Windows Easy Transfer, and restore the settings in the file saved to
\\LON-DC1\WET in the previous exercise.
2. After the transfer is complete, restart LON-CL1.
Results: After completing this exercise, you should have restored user data and settings to a Windows 8
computer by using WET.
Verifying Successful Migration of User Data and Settings
In this exercise, you will log on to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Allie to confirm that her settings have been
migrated successfully.
The main task for this exercise is as follows:
1. Verify the migration of data and settings on LON-CL1.
Task 1: Verify the migration of data and settings on LON-CL1
1. Log on to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Allie with a password of Pa$$w0rd.
2. Navigate to the Desktop and confirm that a shortcut for WordPad is present.
3. Navigate to Allie’s Documents folder to confirm that a file named Report.txt is there.
4. Log off of LON-CL1
Results: After completing this exercise, you should have confirmed the successful transfer of user data
and settings.
2. Technopulse Solutions is a leading IT service provider company that has multiple Windows users at its Head Office. Recently, due to the new project requirement, the company needs to implement the latest version of the Windows operating system in the desktops. However, the management wants to retain the existing user settings and applications. As the IT Head of the organization, you need to fulfill the requirements of the company in a costeffective and reliable manner. What will you do to achieve the same? Experiment To meet the preceding requirements, you need to perform the following tasks: Identify the solution and its reason. Identify the migration scenarios. Identify the steps for performing a migration.
The solution and its reason
Steps for Performing a Migration
A migration replaces a computer's current configuration with a new one by selectively migration portions
of its previous configuration
1. Source and destination computer
2. Collect user state.
3. Restore user state
4. Intermediate store
The migration scenarios.
1. Want a standardiroment for all users running Windows. A migration takes advantage of a clean installation.
A clean installation ensures that all of your systems begin with the same configuration, and that all
application, file, and setting are reset. Migration ensures that you can retain user setting and deta.
2. Have storege space to store the user state. Typically, you will need storege space to store the user
state when performing migration. USMT introduces hard-link migration, in which you do not need extra storege
space. This is only application to wipe and migration.
3. Plan to replace exxisting computer hardwere. If you do not to replace the existing computers, you can still
perform a migration by doing a wipe and load migration.
The steps for performing a migration.
Typical steps in a migration scenario include:
1. Back up the computer’s entire hard disk. Similar to an in-place upgrade, you can use the built-in
Windows backup, a third-party backup program, or disk-imaging software.
2. Save user settings and data for migration. In one-off scenarios, you can use the Windows Easy
Transfer (WET) feature that was introduced in Windows 7 to save your user settings. When you
perform a migration on multiple computers, you can potentially save time by using the USMT, to
customize the migration of data and save exactly the settings that you want to migrate.
3. Perform a clean installation of Windows 8. Run setup.exe, the Windows 8 installation program, and
select Custom. The Custom option allows you to install Windows 8 on a partition that already has an
operating system, such as earlier Windows versions.
After the installation is done, the earlier Windows version is placed in a folder called Windows.old,
along with the previous Program Files and Documents and Settings folders.
Run setup.exe from the product DVD or from a network share. Alternatively, you can choose to
format the partition by using a disk-management tool, such as Diskpart.exe, before performing a
clean installation.
4. Reinstall applications. Before restoring your user settings and files, reinstall all applications so that
migration will also restore application settings.
5. Restore user settings and data. You can use the same tool to restore user settings and data that you
used to save them in Step 2. In addition, you can automate the migration process so that users do not
have to interact with it.
Steps for Performing a Migration
A migration replaces a computer's current configuration with a new one by selectively migration portions
of its previous configuration
1. Source and destination computer
2. Collect user state.
3. Restore user state
4. Intermediate store
The migration scenarios.
1. Want a standardiroment for all users running Windows. A migration takes advantage of a clean installation.
A clean installation ensures that all of your systems begin with the same configuration, and that all
application, file, and setting are reset. Migration ensures that you can retain user setting and deta.
2. Have storege space to store the user state. Typically, you will need storege space to store the user
state when performing migration. USMT introduces hard-link migration, in which you do not need extra storege
space. This is only application to wipe and migration.
3. Plan to replace exxisting computer hardwere. If you do not to replace the existing computers, you can still
perform a migration by doing a wipe and load migration.
The steps for performing a migration.
Typical steps in a migration scenario include:
1. Back up the computer’s entire hard disk. Similar to an in-place upgrade, you can use the built-in
Windows backup, a third-party backup program, or disk-imaging software.
2. Save user settings and data for migration. In one-off scenarios, you can use the Windows Easy
Transfer (WET) feature that was introduced in Windows 7 to save your user settings. When you
perform a migration on multiple computers, you can potentially save time by using the USMT, to
customize the migration of data and save exactly the settings that you want to migrate.
3. Perform a clean installation of Windows 8. Run setup.exe, the Windows 8 installation program, and
select Custom. The Custom option allows you to install Windows 8 on a partition that already has an
operating system, such as earlier Windows versions.
After the installation is done, the earlier Windows version is placed in a folder called Windows.old,
along with the previous Program Files and Documents and Settings folders.
Run setup.exe from the product DVD or from a network share. Alternatively, you can choose to
format the partition by using a disk-management tool, such as Diskpart.exe, before performing a
clean installation.
4. Reinstall applications. Before restoring your user settings and files, reinstall all applications so that
migration will also restore application settings.
5. Restore user settings and data. You can use the same tool to restore user settings and data that you
used to save them in Step 2. In addition, you can automate the migration process so that users do not
have to interact with it.
3. Answer file for the Windows 8 installation process. Configuring an Answer file In this exercise, you have been asked to configure an answer file for use with Windows installation at Adatum. to modify this answer file, you have been given the following information: . Full Name: Adatum . Organization: Adatum . Product key: TK8TP-9JN6P-7X7WW-RFFTV-B7QPF The main tasks for this exercise are as follows: 1. Mount a virtual floppy drive on LON-CL1. 2. Open the answer file using Windows SIM 3. Make changes to the answer file. 4. Save the answer file and remove the diskette drive. Task 1: Mount a virtual drive on LON-CL1 1. Use the Hyper-V Manager console on the host computer to open the Settings page for 20687A-LON-CL1. 2. In setting, click the Disktte Drive, and attach the virtual floppy drive named Lab1BEx1.vfd found at C:\Program File\Microsoft Learing\20687\Drives. Task 2: Open the answer file using Windows SIM 1. On LON-CL1, open Windows SIM. 2. Open the autounattend.xml answer file located on Floppy Disk Drive (A:). Task 3: Make changes to the answer file 1. Expand the amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Setup_6.2.8400.0_neutral section in Components. 2. Add the following settings to Pass 1 windowsPE: o AcceptEula: true o FullName: Adatum o Organization: Adatum o Product Key: TK8TP-9JN6P-7X7WW-RFFTV-B7QPF o WillShowUI: OnError Task 4: Save the answer file and remove the diskette drive 1. Save the answer file to A:\ 2. Open the Settings page for 20687A-LON-CL1 in Hyper-V Manager. 3. Configure the Diskette Drive to None. Results: After completing this exercise, you should have modified an unattended Using an Answer File to Install Windows 8 With the configured answer file, you will now test an installation of Windows 8 on LON-CL4. The main tasks for this exercise are as follows: 1. Mount the diskette drive and the Windows 8 ISO on LON-CL4. 2. Start the virtual machine and confirm the unattended installation. Task 1: Mount the diskette drive and the Windows 8 ISO on LON-CL4 1. In Hyper-V Manager, open the Settings page for 20687A-LON-CL4. 2. In Settings, click the Diskette Drive, and then attach Lab1BEx1.vfd found at C:\Program Files \Microsoft Learning\20687\Drives. 3. In Settings, click the DVD Drive, and then attach the DVD image file found at C:\Program Files \Microsoft Learning\20687\Drives\Windows8.iso. Task 2: Start the virtual machine and confirm the unattended installation • Start 20687A-LON-CL4 and begin Windows Setup using default settings. During setup, confirm that you are not prompted for a product key. Results: After completing this exercise, you will have tested installation of Windows 8 by using an answer file. ?? To prepare for the next module When you are finished the lab, revert all virtual machines back to their initial state. 1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager. 2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20687A-LON-CL4, and then click Revert. 3. In the Revert Virtual Machines dialog box, click Revert. 4. Repeat steps 2 to 3 for 20687A-LON-CL1 and 20687A-LON-DC1.
The components to migrate.
Identift which components are to be migated to the new operating system
Use one of the following migration tools:
1. Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
2. User state Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0
When planning your migration, it is important to identify which components you need to migrate to
the new operating system platform. These components may include:
1. User accounts. Computer workstations may have setting related to both domain and local user accounts.
you must detarmine if you need to migrate local user accounts.
2. Application setting. you must determine and locate the application setting that you want to migrate.
You can acquire this information when are testing the new application for compatibility with the new
operation system.
The tool that can be used for migration.
1. ScanState.exe: The ScanState tool scans the source computer, collects the files and settings,
and then creates a store.
2. LosdState.exe: The Loadstate tool migrates the files and setting, one at a time, from the store
to a temporary location on the destination computer.
3. Migration.xml file: The .xml files that the USMT users for migration are the MigApp.xml,
MigUser.xml,or MigDocs.xml, and any custom .xml files that you create.
The list of components of User State Migration Tool (USMT).
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
Used for performing :- side-by-side migration for multiple computers
1. Folder redirection:
. Centralizes storage of some user profile folders on a network file share, rather than in the local profile.
. Has the following advantages:
+ Expedites the migration process.
+ Ensures that the My Documents folder content is backed up.
+ Minimizes the size of roaming profiles.
2. Can have problems when:
. A user is assigned a new computer.
. You disable folder redirection by accident.
Identift which components are to be migated to the new operating system
Use one of the following migration tools:
1. Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
2. User state Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0
When planning your migration, it is important to identify which components you need to migrate to
the new operating system platform. These components may include:
1. User accounts. Computer workstations may have setting related to both domain and local user accounts.
you must detarmine if you need to migrate local user accounts.
2. Application setting. you must determine and locate the application setting that you want to migrate.
You can acquire this information when are testing the new application for compatibility with the new
operation system.
The tool that can be used for migration.
1. ScanState.exe: The ScanState tool scans the source computer, collects the files and settings,
and then creates a store.
2. LosdState.exe: The Loadstate tool migrates the files and setting, one at a time, from the store
to a temporary location on the destination computer.
3. Migration.xml file: The .xml files that the USMT users for migration are the MigApp.xml,
MigUser.xml,or MigDocs.xml, and any custom .xml files that you create.
The list of components of User State Migration Tool (USMT).
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
Used for performing :- side-by-side migration for multiple computers
1. Folder redirection:
. Centralizes storage of some user profile folders on a network file share, rather than in the local profile.
. Has the following advantages:
+ Expedites the migration process.
+ Ensures that the My Documents folder content is backed up.
+ Minimizes the size of roaming profiles.
2. Can have problems when:
. A user is assigned a new computer.
. You disable folder redirection by accident.
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