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Planning for the Installation of Windows 7
MigApps.xml This file includes the rules used to migrate application settings. It will
migrate many common applications published by Apple, Google, IBM, Intuit, Microsoft,
and others.
MigUser.xml This file includes rules that can be used to identify different elements of user
profiles to include or exclude from the migration. By default, all users are migrated. This
file is not used to specify which users to migrate.
Config.xml The Config.xml file is optional and is created using the /genconfig switch
with
ScanState. It can be used specifically to exclude certain components or operating sys-
tem settings from the migration.
If you want to limit the users who are migrated, you can do so only from
the command line. The
/ui switch (user include) can be used to specify
accounts with both
ScanState and LoadState. When used, only the speci-
fied accounts will be migrated. You can’t specify which users are migrated
using any
.xml files.
The User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0 User’s Guide includes the article “What
Does USMT Migrate?” which includes all the details of exactly what is migrated by default.
This user guide is in the form of a help file named
USMT.chm located in the C:\Program
Files\Windows AIK\Docs\CHMs
folder when the Windows AIK is installed.
Local vs. Remote Storage Considerations
When creating the migration store, you can use ScanState to store it locally or remotely.
Locally means you’re storing the migration store on a removable USB drive or on an inter-
nal drive for a side-by-side migration. Remotely means you’re storing the migration data in
a shared folder on a server in your network.
Storing data on a network share can be very convenient, but it can also result in a sig-
nificantly slower migration process. A migration store can hold a large amount of data.
With the size of files and the abundance of hard drive space, it would be easy for a user to
accumulate 10 GB of data or more. If you’re saving this to a network share over a 10Mbps
or even a 100Mbps network connection, you’ll be waiting awhile.
Not only will you be waiting, but users on the network may also find themselves waiting
longer than normal. You should consider how storing the data on network shares affects
the rest of the network. If the network is already busy and you begin moving gigabytes of
storage over it, things may slow to a crawl and users will start complaining.
If your network infrastructure is reliably running with GB network interface cards, rout-
ers, and switches, you will probably be able to use network storage without any problem.
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