MIGRATION INSTALLATION A THEORY
THERE ARE TOTAL THREE TYPES OF INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS 8.1. NAMELY CLEAN INSTALLATION, UPGRADE INSTALLATION AND MIGRATION. ALL OF THE THREE ARE IMPORTANT TO LEARN. BUT IN THIS POST I AM GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MIGRATION WHICH IS A MOST IMPORTANT TYPE OF INSTALLATION. SO LET US BEGIN
A CLEAN INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS 8.1 IS
REQUIRED BEFORE INSTALLATION WINDOWS 8.1 BY USING MIGRATION SCENARIO, FOLLOWED
BY THE MIGRATION OF THE USER SETTING DATA FROM THE OLDER VERSION OF WINDOWS
OPERATING SYSTEM TO WINDOWS 8.1. DEPENDING UPON YOUR BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENTS, USE TWO MIGRATION SCENARIOS : SIDE BY SIDE MIGRATION AND INPLACE
MIGRATION ALSO KNOWN AS REFRESH COMPUTER SCENARIO.
BOTH MIGRATION SCENARIO REQUIRE A CLEAN
INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS 8.1. MIGRATING PREVIOUS CONFIGURATION FROM
AN OLD OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRES TO MOVING FILES AND SETTINGS TO CLEAN
INSTALLATION OF A WINDOWS 8.1 OPERATING SYSTEM.
EVALUATING A MIGRATING SCENARIO
IN ANY POTENTIAL UPGRADE SCENARIO,
THERE MIGHT BE CERTAIN VARIABLES THAT FAVOR A MIGRATION. HOWEVER,
THERE ALSO ARE DISADVANTAGES.
FOLLOWING ARE THE ADVANTAGE OF
MIGRATION SCENARIO:
· CREATES MORE STABLE
AND SECURE DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT BY CLEANING UP EXISTING WORKSTATIONS. AVAIL THE
OPURTUNITY FOR A FRESH START, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE WHEN CREATING A
MANAGED ENVIRONMENT.
· BECAUSE OF NO REMNANT
FILE AND SETTINGS, IT AVOIDS THE PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH
AN IN PLACE UPGRADE SCENARIO.
· ALLOWS FOR THE
INSTALLATION OF ANY EDITION WITHOUT ANY CONCERNING ABOUT PREVIOUS EDITION.
· BEFORE INSTALLATION,
PROVIDES THE OPPURTUNITY TO RECONFIGURE HARDWARE LEVEL SETTINGS, SUCH AS DISK
PARTITIONING.
· HELP IN PREVENTING
THE MIGRATION OF VIRUSES, SPYWARE, AND OTHER MALICIOUS SOFTWARE. USE
HARDENED SECURITY SETTINGS SUCH AS GROUP POLICY AND SECURITY TEMPLATES.
FOLLOWING ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF
MIGRATION SCENARIO:
· TO SAVE AND RESTORE
USER SETTINGS AND DATA REQUIRES MIGRATION TOOL, SUCH AS WINDOWS EASY TRANSFER
OR THE USER STATE MIGRATION TOOL (USMT).
· REQUIRES THE
REINSTALLATION OF APPLICATIONS.
· REQUIRES THE STORAGE
SPACE FOR THE USER SETTINGS AND FILES TO BE MIGRATED.
· RECONFIGURATION AND
SETTINGS OF APPLICATIONS MIGHT AFFECT USER PRODUCTIVITY.
STEPS FOR PERFORMING MIGRATION
MIGRATION SCENARIO INCLUDES FOLLOWING
STEPS:
1. BACK UP A COMPUTERS
ENTIRE HARD DISK.
2. SAVE USER SETTINGS
AND DATA FOR MIGRATION.
3. PERFORM A CLEAN
INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS 8.1.
4. REINSTALL
APPLICATIONS.
5. RESTORE USER SETTINGS
AND DATA.
MIGRATION SCENARIOS
WHEN PLANNING A MIGRATION, DETERMINE
THE METHOD TO MOVE FROM EXISTING DATA TO THE NEWLY DEPLOYED OPERATING
SYSTEM. THE SELECTION OF THE METHODS DEPENDS ON THE AVAILABLE TOOLS
AND RESOURCES. THE METHOD THAT YOU USE DEPENDS ON THE TOOL AND
RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE . IN ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTS USE
CONFIGURATION MANAGER TO AUTOMATE THE MIGRATION
PROCESS. VARIOUS FACTORS SUCH AS WHETHER THE USER IS MOVING TO A NEW
COMPUTER OR WILL BE USING EXISTING COMPUTER WITH NEW OPERATING SYSTEM ALSO
DECIDES THE MIGRATION METHOD. FOLLOWING ARE THE TYPES OF MIGRATION:
· SIDE BY SIDE
MIGRATION. IN A SIDE BY SIDE MIGRATION, DATA AND SETTINGS ARE MOVED
FROM THE SOURCE COMPUTER TO DESITNATION OPERATING SYSTEMS. IN MOST
AUTOMATED SIDE BY SIDE MIGRATIONS, MIGRATION DATA IS TRANSMITTED ACCROSS TO
NETWORK. USING REMOVAL STORAGE DEVICES THE MIGRATION OF THE DATA CAN
TAKE PLACE ONLY WHILE PERFORMING MIGRATION MANUALLY.
· WIPE AND LOAD
MIGRATION. IN A WIPE AND LOAD MIGRATION, MIGRATION DATA IS STORED
AND MOVED TO A SAFE LOCATION SUCH AS , NETWORK SHARE FOLDER. AFTER
THIS, THE SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM IS WIPED FROM THE HOST AND THEN, FINALLY
RESTORING THE SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM DATA FROM THE SAFE LOCATION TO THE
DESTINATION OPERATING SYSTEM.
· OPERATING SYSTEM REFRESH. THE
MIGRATION TYPE IS SIMILAR TO A WIPE AND LOAD MIGRATION. THE SOURCE
AND DESTINATION OPERATING SYSTEM ARE THE SAME IN THIS MIGRATION. THE
MIGRATION IS USEFUL WHEN UPGRADING TO A NEW OPERATING SYSTEM SERVICE PACK OR
WHEN AN ERROR OCCURS WHILE DEPLOYING THE ORIGINAL OPERATING SYSTEM
AND AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE FAULT IS NOT PRACTICAL.
CHOOSING WHEN TO PERFORM A MIGRATION
DECISION OF PERFORMING MIGRATION
DEPENDS ON FOLLOWING:
· REQUIRES STANDARIZED
ENVIRONMENT: AL SYSTEM RUNNING A WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRE A STANDARIZED
ENVIRONMENT. A MIGRATION PERFORM CLEAN INSTALLATION. A CLEAN
INSTALLATION ENSURES THAT ALL APPLICATION FILES AND SETTINGS ARE RESET AND ALL
OF THE SYSTEMS BEGIN WITH THE SAME CONFIGURATION. MIGRATION RETAINS
USER SETTINGS AND DATA.
· HAVE STORAGE PAGE TO
STORE THE USER STATE : USMT INTRODUCES HARD LINK MIGRATION, IN WHICH CASE YOU
DO NEED EXTRA STORAGE SPACE. THIS IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO WIPE AND
LOAD MIGRATIONS.
· PLAN TO KEEP EXISTING
COMPUTER HARDWARE: MIGRATION LIKE WIPE AND LOAD MIGRATIONS HELP TO
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE EXISTING COMPUTER HARDWARE. THERE WILL BE NO NEED TO
REPLACE EXISTING COMPUTERS.
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