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How Can I Prevent The Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit

The document provides instructions for using the Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) to migrate file servers and shares to a new location. It is a 16 step process that involves installing the toolkit, creating a migration project, adding source servers and shares, running the file copy, finalizing configurations and permissions, and viewing the migration report. It notes that shares are normally renamed with "_SourceServerName" appended and provides additional steps to modify the XML project file to prevent this behavior.

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How Can I Prevent The Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit

The document provides instructions for using the Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) to migrate file servers and shares to a new location. It is a 16 step process that involves installing the toolkit, creating a migration project, adding source servers and shares, running the file copy, finalizing configurations and permissions, and viewing the migration report. It notes that shares are normally renamed with "_SourceServerName" appended and provides additional steps to modify the XML project file to prevent this behavior.

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How do I use the Microsoft File Server

Migration Toolkit (FSMT)?



A. After you install the utility on the target server, perform the following steps:
1. Log on to the target server as an Administrator (and ensure the account also has local
Administrator rights on the source server) and start the Microsoft File Server
Migration Wizard (Start, Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit, File Server
Migration Wizard).
2. On the Welcome page, click New to start a new migration project.
3. Click Next on the introduction screen.
4. Select a name for the project and a location to save the settings. By default, the folder
C:\FileServerMigration is selected. Click Next.
5. If you want to keep the existing UNC paths, you need to specify the DFS root server.
In this example, we won't use that functionality, so clear the "Use the following DFS
root server" check box and click Next.
6. Select the location for the migrated content to be copied to, as the figure shows, and
click Next.
7. Click Finish at the project summary window.
8. You must now add the servers from which you want to migrate data by clicking the
Add Server button.
9. Enter the name of the server and click OK, as the figure shows. Repeat this step for
each server you want to add.
10. You can expand each added server to view the shares it plans to migrate and clear the
check boxes as desired. You can also set the options to stop sharing the original
source once the data has been migrated and to migrate security settings, as the figure
shows.
11. After you've selected all servers and shares, click Continue.
12. Once settings are validated, the migration stage moves to "Ready to copy" as the
figure shows. Click Continue to proceed with the file copy.
13. After the file copy finishes, click Continue again to finalize the configuration changes
and security settings (at this point the NTFS permissions have not been set and shares
haven't been created, only the data copied). Open files are skipped during this phase;
missed files will be copied during the final stage.
14. You will be prompted to click Yes to confirm the finalize process. Any additional
files and file changes will be copied over, and NTFS and share permissions are
applied along with audit and ownership information. During this phase, users will be
disconnected from the source server to ensure that files aren't locked or modified
during their final migration.
15. Click OK to the Migration success dialog box.
16. Click the View Report button to see a detailed status of the entire migration process
Take note that the new share has the name of <original share name>_ <name of original
server> (e.g., Data_savdaldc02), so you might want to change this share name after
migration.

How can I prevent the Microsoft File Server
Migration Toolkit (FSMT) from adding the
name of the original server to the newly
created share?
A. All the configuration information that the FSMT uses is saved in an XML file that you can
edit. To remove the _<source server name> from the created shares, perform these steps:
1. Perform the steps outlined in the FAQ "Q. How do I use the Microsoft File Server
Migration Toolkit (FSMT)?"
(http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/ArticleID/49595/49595.html) through step 10
(don't click Continue). Select Close from the File Server Migration Wizard, and click
Yes to the confirmation dialog box.
2. Navigate to the C:\FileServerMigration folder, and open the subfolder for the project.
3. Open the XML file in a text editor.
4. Search for <TargetShare>Sharename_SourceServerName</TargetShare> and remove
the _SourceServerName (e.g., change
<TargetShare>DataShare_savdaldc02</TargetShare> to
<TargetShare>DataShare</TargetShare>)
5. Save the file and open the project again in the FSMT.
6. Continue the migration. The share will be created without the _SourceServerName.

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