a. Download and install the File Migration Utility from the reference link below onto NEWDC.
b. Create a new migration project.
c. Follow the New Project Wizard. I have not done the DFS portion, so typically uncheck this part. Set your default location to D:\ and Finish.
d. From the main server, click on "Add Server..." under the "Source file servers" pull down. Type in OLDDC.
e. Select the shares you wish to migrate. Be careful here. The File Migrator does not move shares within shares very well (if you have d:\share and d:\share\share shared, it'll have all kinds of problems). Note the Target Share and Target location over to the right.
f. On the "View by" pull down, select "Target Volumes". Click through every folder in this section.
g. Change the "Target Share" to what you want it to be (default adds the old server name, which is probably not what you want).
h. Change the "Target Location" on the right. Same problem, edit each folder as necessary.
i. Click on "Continue" and validate everything before starting (this may take a couple of minutes to come up).
j. Click on "Continue" to begin the phase 1 file copy. This will create new shares on the new server and begin copying files from the old server. It does NOT turn off access to the old server and can be run during business hours. Any files that are in use will be skipped. I sometimes call this step "pre-seeding".
b. Create a new migration project.
c. Follow the New Project Wizard. I have not done the DFS portion, so typically uncheck this part. Set your default location to D:\ and Finish.
d. From the main server, click on "Add Server..." under the "Source file servers" pull down. Type in OLDDC.
e. Select the shares you wish to migrate. Be careful here. The File Migrator does not move shares within shares very well (if you have d:\share and d:\share\share shared, it'll have all kinds of problems). Note the Target Share and Target location over to the right.
f. On the "View by" pull down, select "Target Volumes". Click through every folder in this section.
g. Change the "Target Share" to what you want it to be (default adds the old server name, which is probably not what you want).
h. Change the "Target Location" on the right. Same problem, edit each folder as necessary.
i. Click on "Continue" and validate everything before starting (this may take a couple of minutes to come up).
j. Click on "Continue" to begin the phase 1 file copy. This will create new shares on the new server and begin copying files from the old server. It does NOT turn off access to the old server and can be run during business hours. Any files that are in use will be skipped. I sometimes call this step "pre-seeding".
Migrate File Shares
a. Phase 1 will probably take several hours to complete. Once done schedule a downtime for the file server. Usually on the weekends.
b. It is possible to exit out of the File Migration utility and restart it later, just note the configuration file name so you can load that later.
c. When ready for Phase 2, click on "Continue" and confirm you wish to turn off the shares. This will turn off all access to the old server and copy all files that have changed since the phase 1 file copy.
d. When completed the File Migration utility will turn on the new shares and they will now be accessible.
e. Update your login script to reflect the shared folder change. If you don't have a login script, now would be a good time to implement one. A simple script could look like:
NET USE S: /Db. It is possible to exit out of the File Migration utility and restart it later, just note the configuration file name so you can load that later.
c. When ready for Phase 2, click on "Continue" and confirm you wish to turn off the shares. This will turn off all access to the old server and copy all files that have changed since the phase 1 file copy.
d. When completed the File Migration utility will turn on the new shares and they will now be accessible.
e. Update your login script to reflect the shared folder change. If you don't have a login script, now would be a good time to implement one. A simple script could look like:
NET USE S: \\NEWDC\SHARED
Change User Folders
a. Simply multi-select (ctrl-click) the users you want to change.
b. Right click and click on properties
c. Click on the "Profile" tab
d. Click on "Home Folder", click on "Connect" then select the drive letter and type the path: \\NEWDC\USERS\%USERNAME%
e. You'll probably get an error message that the folders already exist, that's OK. Click on "Cancel" to exit this window.
f. Copy the script to NEWDC and run it. A log will be created of every folder that was changed and what it was changed to.
b. Right click and click on properties
c. Click on the "Profile" tab
d. Click on "Home Folder", click on "Connect" then select the drive letter and type the path: \\NEWDC\USERS\%USERNAME%
e. You'll probably get an error message that the folders already exist, that's OK. Click on "Cancel" to exit this window.
f. Copy the script to NEWDC and run it. A log will be created of every folder that was changed and what it was changed to.
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