Transferring the Backup

When you run UMove on the source computer it will create a snapshot of Active Directory. This snapshot will be written to backup media, such as a .BKF file. After UMove is done you can transfer the backup media from the source computer to the destination computer.

You can move the backup media using any of these methods:

• Burn a CD or DVD
• Copy to a portable USB storage device (thumb drive)
• Copy to a tape via NTBACKUP (Windows Server 2000 or 2003)
• Copy to a shared folder on a 3rd party server
• Copy directly to the destination computer (see below)

Copying Directly

In addition to the above methods, you can copy the snapshot directly to the destination computer. This assumes that you have prepared the destination computer by giving it a unique a name and Internet address that do not conflict with the source computer.

The following example will copy a backup file named MyBackup.BKF on the source computer to a destination computer named DestComputer:

NET USE V: \\DestComputer\C$ /USER:DestComputer\Administrator *
COPY C:\MyBackup.BKF V:\MyBackup.BKF
NET USE V: /DELETE


Disconnecting After Transfer

If you are doing a planned move, you need to disconnect the source computer from the network before you run UMove on the destination computer.

If you are doing a test copy, you need to disconnect the destination computer from the live network while you run your tests.

For more information

See Manual Transfer.