Migrating user data as part of an OS deployment in HPCA Enterprise

  1. Make sure that the following items are installed on all managed devices that will be part of this OS deployment:
  2. Make sure that the OS image that you will deploy includes USMT installed in the default location and configured properly for your environment.

    An alternative is to install and configure USMT on your managed devices immediately after the OS deployment (see About USMT).

    Caution: If HPCA does not find USMT installed in the default location, neither the backup nor the restore will work.

  3. Using the HPCA Policy Wizard, entitle the managed devices to the HPCA Personality Backup (HPCA_PBR) service.
  4. Deploy the OS. The HPCA Personality Backup service will run on each managed device before the installation of the new OS. The backup files are stored on the HPCA Core server.
  5. After the OS deployment is completed, entitle each managed device to the HPCA Personality Restore (HPCA_Restore) service.
  6. Create a Notify job to deploy the HPCA Personality Restore service to each managed device.

    The service will run once on each device to restore the user data. The service first checks the C:/OSMGR.PRESERVE folder to see if a local backup was performed. If it does not find local backup files, it restores the user data from the HPCA Core server.


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