Setting up your servers

File Server Migrator should be run from the machine you want the copied objects to reside on.

 

1. Install File Server Migrator on the destination host you want to be your new file server.

 

2. Make sure your user is a local Administrator on both source and destination host

 

        If connected to a domain                            

                    - Add your domain username the local Administrators group on both servers.

 

        If connected to a workgroup

                  - Make sure both machines have a local user with the same name and same password.

                  - Make sure those user accounts are members of the local Administrators group of their machines.

 

3. From your destination host, test your setup by trying accessing an administrative file share on your source host.

 

Example:

        \\oldfileserver\c$\windows\system32

 

If you can access that share, then your system should be able to migrate all objects correctly.

 

Non-Administrator Migration

 

If you cannot acquire local Administrator access on your host machines, File Server Migrator will still work but   may not copy all permissions correctly.

 

To copy users and groups correctly, you will need to allow anonymous enumeration of users and groups.

 

For Windows 2003/XP/Vista make sure

 

        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\RestrictAnonymous = 0

        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\RestrictAnonymousSAM = 0

   

For Windows 2000 make sure

 

        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\RestrictAnonymousSAM = 0

 

To set it as a policy, set the option

 

        Network Access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts = Disabled.

 

You can find it in

 

        Computer Configuration-Windows Settings-Security Settings-Local Policies-Security Options