Home Path Updater
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The Home Path Updater allows you to update user home directory paths after you have migrated data to a new server. You can update the users in a domain, which may span several servers, and map their home directory paths to one or more new servers.
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IMPORTANT: Your logon account must have administrative rights for the domain in which the user accounts exist. NOTE: Home Path Updater and Profile Path Updater require that Active Directory® Users have Home Paths and Profile Paths configured in Active Directory, otherwise when the domain is scanned, the Server drop-down list will be empty. |
To update user home directory paths
1 Click Update Utilities in the Navigation Pane, and then click Home Path Updater.
To suppress the User Home Path Updater Wizard Welcome page, clear the Always show Welcome screen check box to hide this screen the next time you start the updater.
2 Click Next.
3 Select the type of update that you want to create.
You can create a new update or import a .CSV file that you previously exported. When you create a new update, you have the opportunity to export the definition to a .CSV file.
4 Click Next. If you imported a previously-exported file, go to step 6.
5 If you are creating a new update:
a. Select a domain.
b. Select a server.
By selecting a specific server you can filter the list of users to include only those users that have a home drive on the specified server. This feature is useful if you have just migrated those directories to a new server.
c. Select the users in the specified domain you want to update. The user accounts can reside on one or more servers.
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NOTE: Active Directory® Users must have Home Paths configured in Active Directory, otherwise when the domain is scanned the Server list will be empty. TIP: If you use Add All to select all the users listed, you can then use Remove to selectively remove individual users who you do not want to update. |
d. Click Add.
e. Click Next.
f. Map the source servers to the new target servers that will replace the source servers in the users' home directory paths.
The Home drive mappings page lists all of the servers on which the selected users have their home drives: these are the source servers. You can map each source computer to a different target computer or you can map multiple source computers to a single target computer.
g. Click the row that contains the source computer to be mapped.
h. Browse to select a target computer.
i. Repeat for each source computer to be mapped to a new target computer.
j. Click Next.
6 View the details for the user home paths that you are updating and make individual changes to the new home path information, if necessary.
■ To edit specific information, click the entry under the New Home Dir heading that you want to change, and enter in the changes.
■ To make changes for several users at a time, click Replace All and enter the information to be changed and the new information that replaces it.
7 Export the user home path mapping details to a file, if desired. The file that is created is in .csv (comma-separated values) file format.
A .csv file is a method to collect data so that it can be used as input for a table-oriented application such as a spreadsheet. Microsoft Excel can read .csv files. By editing the .csv file, you can make bulk changes to the user information using search and replace options.
To export the file
a. Click Export to create a file.
b. Enter the name for the file and the location in which it should be saved.
c. Click Save.
After you have created the file, you can import it into a program such as Microsoft Excel and make bulk changes to the user information using search and replace options. You can then import the file into this wizard and update the user home paths on the specified servers.
After you import the file into a program such as a spreadsheet application, you can see that the file follows certain conventions that must be maintained as you edit the file:
■ The first column and row must contain the domain name.
■ The subsequent rows that contain the user home path details must be in the following format:
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user name |
current user home path |
new user home path |
drive letter |
8 Click Next.
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10 Review the final information for the user home path updates.
11 Click Finish.
While the update is running, the User Home Path Updater displays a dialog box that shows the statistics for the update, such as the elapsed time and the estimated time remaining. You can also use this dialog box to stop the update.
For an easy way to verify that the user home paths have been updated, run the User Home Path Updater again and select the target server from the previous update on the Select Users page of the wizard. All of the users that you updated are now listed under the target server. Once you have viewed the list, close the wizard.
Profile Path Updater
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The User Profile Path Updater allows you to view roaming user profiles on a server within a specified domain and to update the paths after you have migrated data to a new server. A roaming user profile is stored on a server and is available every time an end user logs on to any computer on the network. Any change made to the roaming user profile is updated on the server.
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IMPORTANT: Your logon account must have administrative rights for the domain in which the user accounts exist. IMPORTANT: Home Path Updater and Profile Path Updater require that Active Directory® Users have Home Paths and Profile Paths configured in Active Directory, otherwise when the domain is scanned the Server drop-down list will be empty. |
To update the path of a roaming user profile
1 Click Update Utilities, and click Profile Path Updater.
To suppress the User Profile Path Updater Wizard Welcome page, clear the Always show Welcome screen check box to hide this screen the next time you start the updater.
2 Select the type of update that you want to create.
You can create a new update or import a .CSV file that you previously exported. When you create a new update, you have the opportunity to export the definition to a .CSV file.
3 Click Next. If you imported a previously-exported file, go to step 5.
4 If you are creating a new update:
a. Select a domain.
b. Select a server.
By selecting a specific server you can filter the list of users to include only those users that have a home drive on the specified server. This feature is useful if you have just migrated those directories to a new server.
c. Select the users in the specified domain you want to update. The user accounts can reside on one or more servers.
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NOTE: Active Directory Users must have Home Paths configured in Active Directory, otherwise when the domain is scanned the Server list will be empty. TIP: If you use Add All to select all the users listed, you can then use Remove to selectively remove individual users who you do not want to update. |
d. Click Add.
e. Click Next.
f. Map the source servers to the new target servers that will replace the source servers in the users' home directory paths.
The Home drive mappings page lists all of the servers on which the selected users have their home drives: these are the source servers. You can map each source computer to a different target computer or you can map multiple source computers to a single target computer.
g. Click the row that contains the source computer to be mapped.
h. Browse to select a target computer.
i. Repeat for each source computer to be mapped to a new target computer.
j. Click Next.
5 View the details for the user profile paths that you are updating and make individual changes to the new profile path information, if necessary.
■ To edit specific information, click the entry under the New Profile Path heading that you want to change and enter in the changes.
■ To make changes for several users at a time, click Replace All and then enter the information to be changed and the new information that replaces it.
6 Export the user profile path mapping details to a file, if desired. The file that is created is in .csv (comma-separated values) file format.
A .csv file is a method to collect data so that it can be used as input for a table-oriented application such as a spreadsheet. Microsoft Excel can read .csv files. By editing the .csv file, you can make bulk changes to the user information using search and replace options.
a. Click Export to create a file.
b. Enter the name for the file and the location in which it should be saved.
c. Click Save.
After you have created the file, you can import it into a program such as Microsoft Excel and make bulk changes to the user information using search and replace options. You can then import the file into this wizard and update the user profile paths on the specified servers.
After you import the file into a program such as a spreadsheet application, you can see that the file follows certain conventions that must be maintained as you edit the file:
■ The first column and row must contain the domain name.
■ The subsequent rows that contain the user profile path details must be in the following format:
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user name |
current user home path |
new user profile path |
drive letter |
7 Click Next.
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9 Review the final information for the profile path updates on the Confirmation page.
10 Click Finish.
While the update is running, the User Profile Path Updater displays a dialog box that shows the statistics for the update, such as the elapsed time and the estimated time remaining. You can also use this dialog box to stop the update.
For an easy way to verify that the user profile paths have been updated, run the User Profile Path Updater again and select the target server from the previous update on the Select Users page of the wizard. All of the users that you updated are now listed under the target server. Once you have viewed the list, close the wizard.
Shortcut Updater
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Use the Shortcut Updater to update shortcuts to point to the new location after data is migrated to a new server. When you run the Shortcut Updater, the shortcut files (.lnk) that contain the shortcut paths to the source computer are updated to point to the new target path location.
You can specify the old and new target path of the shortcut or use a .INI file. The .ini file must be saved in ANSI-encoded format.
Example
You migrated data from server CORP1_NT to server CORP1_2K. During the migration, you renamed Accts to Accounts and Sales to UKSales. The .ini file to update those shortcuts that map to files and folders on the old server is:
[ServerMap]
\\CORP1_NT\Sales = \\CORP1_2K\UKSales
\\CORP1_NT\Accts = \\CORP1_2K\Accounts
\\CORP1_NT = \\CORP1_2K
To update shortcuts
1 Click Update Utilities, and click Shortcut Updater.
2 Type the path or browse to locate the path of the shortcut files to update.
3 To include subdirectories in the path, select Include Subfolders.
4 Specify the source path and target path for the shortcut update or use a .INI file.
To specify a path
a. Type the path or browse to locate the path of the old target of the shortcut.
b. Type the path or browse to locate the path of the new target of the shortcut.
To use a .INI file
a. Select Use Ini File.
b. Type the path to the .ini file that contains the path update information.
5 To run a test on the update, select Run As a Test.
The test report audit displays the number of shortcuts that will be updated by Shortcut Updater. No shortcuts are actually updated when you run the test report. Specify the number of shortcut files to include in the test. If you leave the box blank, the default is 500 files.
6 Click Run.
Upon completion, the Shortcut Updater creates a log file and a report file in the Tools subfolder (C:\Program Files\Quest\Secure Copy 7\Logs\Tools\Shortcut Updater).
Format for the file name: SU_ddmmyy_hh_mm_ss.*
■ To view the report in a web browser, click Report. You also can open the report from the Navigation pane by double-clicking the report file name.
■ To view the log, click Log. You also can open the report from the Navigation pane by double-clicking the log file name.
7 When you are ready to perform the update, clear the Run as a Test box, and click Run.
Link Updater
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IMPORTANT: Microsoft Office is required for Link Updater. Do not run Microsoft Office applications on the computer on which the Link Updater is running. If you have Excel open when you run Link Updater, Excel will be forcibly closed with no prompting to save your files. |
You can use the Link Updater (LU.exe) to update OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) links and hyperlinks in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files that have been migrated to a new server.
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NOTE: The Link Updater cannot update the links in files that are password protected or to which access is denied and files that are in use. |
The OLE links and hyperlinks can use either UNC (Universal Naming Convention) paths or explicit local paths. The utility can update the existing links in a document to new local paths or UNC paths as necessary.
In a network, the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) is used to identify a shared file in a computer without having to specify the specific storage device on which it is located. In Windows® operating systems, the UNC can be used instead of the local naming system. The UNC name format is as follows:
\\servername\sharename\path\filename
A UNC path cannot contain any folder names or subfolder names since the file name could already exist directly under the share name.
Prerequisites
Before you update the link information, verify that the following prerequisites are met:
● Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint must be installed on the computer on which the Link Updater is run.
● •You must be logged on with an account that has administrative rights since you need access to the files.
To update links
1 Click Update Utilities In the Navigation Pane, and then click Link Updater.
2 In the Scan Path box, type a path or browse to locate the Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files that contain links you want to update.
3 You can specify the source path and target path for the shortcut update or use an .INI file.
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To specify a path
a. In the Source Link box, type a path or browse to locate the linked files on the source computer. The path name can be a local path or UNC path.
b. In the Target Link box, type a path or browse to locate the linked files on the target computer. The path name can be a local path or UNC path.
To use a map file
a. Select Use Map File.
b. Type a path or browse to locate the link map .ini file that maps the old locations of linked files to the new locations. See Creating a link map .ini file.
c. Click Open.
4 Set options for the update.
Table 25. Update options
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Recursive Search and Update |
Select to search recursively through the folders and subfolders of the paths you have specified. |
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Turn on output to CSV file |
Select to save detailed information from the test report in a CSV (comma separated values) file. |
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Log detailed info |
Select to save detailed information from the update in a log file. |
5 To perform a test report audit to see the number of files that will be updated by Link Updater, select Test Mode, and specify the number of files you want to test. No files are actually updated when you run the test report.
6 Click Run.
Upon completion, the Link Updater creates a log file and a report file in the Tools subfolder (C:\Program Files\Quest\Secure Copy 7\Logs\Tools\Link Updater).
Format for the file name: LU_ddmmyy_hh_mm_ss.*
To view the report in a web browser
■ Click Report. You also can open the report from the Navigation pane by double-clicking the report file name.
To view the log
■ Click Log. You also can open the report from the Navigation pane by double-clicking the log file name.
7 When you are ready to perform the update, clear the Test Mode check box, and click Run.