The HPCA Personality Backup and Restore solution enables you to back up and restore user files and settings for applications and operating systems on individual managed devices. Files and settings are stored on the HPCA Core server and are available for restoration to the original device or a new device. Alternatively, you can back up and restore files and settings locally on a managed device.
You can use the HPCA Personality Backup and Restore solution to migrate files and settings as part of an operating system deployment.
The HPCA Personality Backup and Restore solution is based on the Microsoft User State Migration Tool (USMT). It enhances USMT by providing both remote and local management of the migration store created by USMT. It also downloads the required USMT control files to eliminate the need to deploy those separately. HPCA supports USMT versions 3.0.1 and 4.0.
Note: Backups created with versions of HPCA before HPCA 7.5 cannot be restored, because they were based on a different backup technology.
The following sections explain how to implement the HPCA Personality Backup and Restore solution in your environment.