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Topic: workgroup to domain migration.
Posted By: mark.coulas
Subject: workgroup to domain migration.
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 12:34pm

We are currently have to migrate 50 plus workstations from a workgroup to a domain.  We have set a standard user naming scheme in A/D but the workstation login accounts are totally different.  Is there a way to use the profile wizard deployment to run a script that will migrate both the computers & match the local users from the workgroup to the domain user accounts?

Thanks.

Mark.


Replies:
Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 12:53pm
Hi Mark,

Yes, you can use a look-up file to map the local account names to the new AD account names. Please see "Rename user accounts" in the User Guide. This feature is available in the Corporate Edition.

Posted By: mark.coulas
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 12:58pm
I have the corp. edition.  Just wondering how the code works to match up local usernames to domain usernames.  I could care less about computer names.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Mark.

Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 1:09pm
You just need to create a plain-text, comma-seprated file in the form

oldlocalname1,newADname1
oldlocalname2,newADname2

You then set the <UserLookupFile> value in Profwiz.config to the location of the file. User Profile Wizard will then automatically consult the file when it comes to migrate a local user account profile, and use the new name if it finds it.

Posted By: mark.coulas
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2010 at 7:29am
Ok, thanks, I'm making some head way, but the local user's personal settings are not getting migrated/copied to the domain accounts. 
 
Migration.csv file:  Where the Test01 is workgroup & mmbctest01 is domain.
 
test01,mmbctest01
test02,mmbctest02
test03,mmbctest03
test04,mmbctest04
 
Here is what the log file displays...
Creating migration process... Done.
Creating migration service... Done.
Starting migration service... Done.
User not found in lookup file.
Finding Domain Controller for domain mmbc.local... Done.
Using Domain Controller: file://%5C%5Cmainserver.MMBC.local - \\mainserver.MMBC.local .
Binding to Active Directory... Done.
Getting Domain SID for user "test02"...  Fails.
Retrying with NetBIOS....
Connecting to Domain Controller... Done.
Getting Domain SID for user "test02"... Fails.
User not found in lookup file.
Finding Domain Controller for domain mmbc.local... Done.
Using Domain Controller: file://%5C%5Cmainserver.MMBC.local - \\mainserver.MMBC.local .
Binding to Active Directory... Done.
Getting Domain SID for user "test03"...  Fails.
Retrying with NetBIOS....
Connecting to Domain Controller... Done.
Getting Domain SID for user "test03"... Fails.
User not found in lookup file.
Finding Domain Controller for domain mmbc.local... Done.
Using Domain Controller: file://%5C%5Cmainserver.MMBC.local - \\mainserver.MMBC.local .
Binding to Active Directory... Done.
Getting Domain SID for user "test04"...  Fails.
Retrying with NetBIOS....
Connecting to Domain Controller... Done.
Getting Domain SID for user "test04"... Fails.
Finding Domain Controller for domain mmbc.local... Done.
Using Domain Controller: file://%5C%5Cmainserver.MMBC.local - \\mainserver.MMBC.local .
Binding to Active Directory... Done.
Joining to domain "mmbc.local" ... Done.
Migration Complete!

Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2010 at 7:44am
Hi Mark,
 
As you have probably seen, the problem is "User not found in lookup file." So either there is a problem with the format of the file, or User Profile Wizard is using the wrong one.
 
If you send your .csv file and your Profwiz.config file to mailto:support@ForensiT.com - support@ForensiT.com we will be happy to take a look.


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