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Is there an easy way to migrate users redirected folders from Server 2003 to Server 2008 R2?
Just wondering if there is an easy (without having to buy a 3rd party tool) way to migrate users redirected folders from Server 2003 to Server 2008 R2.
Users launch Xenapp 5 Published desktops. Users currently have Server 2003 style profiles with folder redirection in place for my documents etc (as XenApp 6.5 hosts are Server 2003).
Our new XenApp 6.5 farm is Server 2008 R2 based (and so is the profile/redirected folders host). Currently I am using a robocopy script to copy the users files and folders (1 user at a time).
However since the folder structure is different between 2003 & 2008 R2, I have to manually move my pictures etc after the copy is complete.
Is there an easier way? We have a few hundred users to get through.
Users launch Xenapp 5 Published desktops. Users currently have Server 2003 style profiles with folder redirection in place for my documents etc (as XenApp 6.5 hosts are Server 2003).
Our new XenApp 6.5 farm is Server 2008 R2 based (and so is the profile/redirected folders host). Currently I am using a robocopy script to copy the users files and folders (1 user at a time).
However since the folder structure is different between 2003 & 2008 R2, I have to manually move my pictures etc after the copy is complete.
Is there an easier way? We have a few hundred users to get through.
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Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).
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Eg Server 2003 style profile has My Pictures, My Movies etc inside the My Document folder. In the Server 2008 R2 style profile, the My Pictures, My Movies, etc folders are all located in the root of each user profile folder instead of inside the my documents folder.
So with Robocopy, I currently do the following for each user (not quoting the exact commands. These are just descriptions):
* Move My Pictures from \\old server\home\username\my documents\my pictures to \\new server\home\username\my pictures
* Move My videos from \\old server\home\username\my documents\my videos to \\new server\home\username\my videos
* Move My etc
(So now the my pics, videos etc are in the new location and they have also been removed from the my docs folder on the old server)
* Copy My Docs from \\old server\home\username\my documents to \\new server\home\username\my documents
I don't really know an easier way of moving the content for all users across besides running this script for each user 1 by 1.