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User Profile Migration Overview 1
The standalone command-line utility, migprofile.exe, migrates V2 user profiles to V5 user profiles, or V1
user profiles to V2 user profiles. The utility is intended for users who are migrating from legacy machines in
a View environment, or from legacy computers in any physical or virtual environment, to machines running
later Windows versions in a View environment.
After you migrate the user profiles, the View Persona Management feature integrates the V2 or V5 profiles
on the View machines. When users log in to their new desktops, they are presented with the same personal
settings and data that they used on their original machines.
Table 1-1 shows the Windows user profiles, and their associated Windows operating system versions, that
you can migrate with the migprofile.exe utility.
Table 1‑1. Source and Destination User Profiles and Windows Operating System Versions
Source User
Profile Source Windows Version
Destination
User Profile Destination Windows Version
V2 Windows 7, Windows 8 or 8.1, Windows
Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012
R2
V5 Windows 10
V1 Windows XP V2 Windows 7, Windows 8 or 8.1, Windows
Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012
R2
To migrate user profiles from a Windows XP or Windows Vista desktop deployment to a Windows 10
desktop deployment, you can migrate the V1 profiles to V2 and then migrate the V2 profiles to V5.
IMPORTANT View Agent 6.1 and later releases do not support Windows XP and Windows Vista desktops.
View Agent 6.0.2 is the last View release that supports these guest operating systems. Customers who have
an extended support agreement with Microsoft for Windows XP and Vista, and an extended support
agreement with VMware for these guest operating systems, can deploy the View Agent 6.0.2 version of their
Windows XP and Vista desktops with View Connection Server 6.1.
With the View user profile migration utility, you can perform an important task in a migration from a legacy
Windows XP desktop deployment to a desktop deployment that will continue to be supported in future
View releases.
You can migrate V1 or V2 profiles from the following source locations:
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Remote profile repository on a CIFS network share.
The utility can migrate multiple remote profiles on the same CIFS network share or a different CIFS
share.
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