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Can't run Profwiz.exe from mapped drive in Novell

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Topic: Can't run Profwiz.exe from mapped drive in Novell

Posted By: bryanth9
Subject: Can't run Profwiz.exe from mapped drive in Novell
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2011 at 4:23pm

Trying to migrate from Novell to AD.

Profwiz runs fine locally but can't get it to run from mapped drive.

Creating migration process... Fails.

The handle is invalid.

A sample of our profwiz edited

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<ForensiTUserProfileWizard xmlns=" http://www.ForensiT.com/schemas - http://www.ForensiT.com/schemas ">
<Parameters>
    
    
    <Domain>ourdomain.com</Domain>
    <AdsPath>OU=Deployment,OU=ITSS,OU=ournet,DC=ad,DC=net,DC=us,DC=edu</AdsPath>
    <ForceJoin>False</ForceJoin>
    <NoJoin>False</NoJoin>
    <NoDefault>False</NoDefault>
    <Delete>False</Delete>
    <Disable>True</Disable>

<DomainAdmin>ournet\adjoin</DomainAdmin>
    <DomainPwd>hashedpassord</DomainPwd>
    <LocalAdmin>ournet\adjoin</LocalAdmin>
    <LocalPwd>hashedpassword</LocalPwd>
    <Key>12345</Key>
    <Silent>True</Silent>
    <NoMigrate>False</NoMigrate>
    <NoReboot>False</NoReboot>
    <RemoveAdmins>False</RemoveAdmins>
    <MachineLookupFile></MachineLookupFile>
    <Log>F:\APPS\HelpdeskTools\Migrate\Migrate.log</Log>
    <RunAs></RunAs>
    <Hash></Hash>

<All>True</All>
    <OldDomain></OldDomain>
    <UserLookupFile></UserLookupFile>
    <Exclude>ASPNET,Administrator</Exclude>

<Persist>False</Persist>
    <NoGUI>True</NoGUI>
    <SkipOnExistingProfile>False</SkipOnExistingProfile>
    <SkipOnDisabledAccount>False</SkipOnDisabledAccount>
    <ShareProfile>False</ShareProfile>
    <RenameProfileFolder>False</RenameProfileFolder>
    <ProtocolPriority>LDAP</ProtocolPriority>
    <DC>ourdc.ournetwork.com</DC>
    <CopyProfile>False</CopyProfile>
    <DeepScan>1</DeepScan>

<VPN>False</VPN>
    <DefaultUserPwd></DefaultUserPwd>
</Parameters>

<ScriptLocation>C:\ProgramData\ForensiT\User Profile Wizard 3.5\Deployment Files\Migrate.vbs</ScriptLocation>

<licensing>Our license</licensing>
</ForensiTUserProfileWizard>

Such at this handle error.

Replies:

Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 3:44am

There are two things to be said. Firstly, "The handle is invalid" error means that the <LocalAdmin> or <LocalPwd> is wrong - probably the password. Run the Deployment Kit again to re-enter the password. (We know the error message is useless - we will change this in the next release.)

Secondly, you cannot run Profwiz from a mapped drive. Although the drive is mapped for the currently logged on user, it will not be mapped for the <LocalAdmin> account. Use the Deployment Kit to create a single deployment file and run that from the mapped drive instead.

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