Documentation

• • PCmover Enterprise Datenblatt (PDF – Englisch)

    Lesen Sie hier die Details zu den Merkmalen und Vorteilen der neuesten PCmover Enterprise Version und des neuen Regelwerk-Managers.

  • Laplink PC Lifecycle Solutions Datenblatt (PDF – Englisch)

    Im Unternehmensumfeld ist Laplink Software Marktführer im Verkauf von PC Lifecycle-Lösungskonzepten, dank denen Firmen Zeit und Geld sparen, indem sie den kritischen Prozess von Betriebssystem-Upgrades, PC-Aktualisierungen, PC-Backups und Anlagendispositionen automatisieren.

• PCmover Enterprise Rezensionsführer (PDF – Englisch)

  Informieren Sie sich über den Markt für PC-Migrationen und sehen Sie, warum PCmover das einzige Migrationsprogramm ist, um Programme, Dateien und Einstellungen zu verschieben, kopieren und übertragen.

• PCmover Enterprise Benutzerhandbuch (PDF – Englisch)

  Werden Sie durch diese praktischen Anleitungen zum PCmover Experten und lernen Sie dabei, wie PCmover angewendet wird – von den einfachen bis hin zu den erweiterten Funktionen.

• PCmover Enterprise Policy Manager Rezensionsführer (PDF – Englisch)

  Verwenden Sie dieses Handbuch zur Einrichtung der erweiterten Steuerung für Administratoren.

• Endnutzerlizenzvereinbarung – EULA (PDF – Englisch)

  Dieses Dokument beschreibt die PCmover Lizenzvereinbarungen.

• Einrichtungskosten (PDF)

  Erfahren Sie mehr zu den Fähigkeiten, Prozessen und Tipps zur Durchführung einer erfolgreichen Migration mit PCmover Enterprise.

• Der Einfluss von Windows 10 auf IT-Abteilungen (PDF-Englisch)

  Ein umfassender Blick auf das wichtigste Betriebssystem Upgrade von Microsoft seit den 1990er Jahren. Inwiefern wird es IT beeinflussen und welche Rolle dabei PCmover spielt.

• Leichtere und effizientere Migrationen (PDF-Englisch)

  PCmover vereinfacht und vereinheitlicht das Einrichtungsverfahren von PCs in einem Fachproduktionsunternehmen.

Es gibt keinen Zweifel, dass Sie mit PCmover Zeit und Geld sparen, wenn Sie nach einer Migrationslösung für Ihr Unternehmen suchen. Aus diesem Grund haben sich viele Unternehmen aus dem privaten, öffentlichen, gewinn- und gemeinwirtschaftlichen Sektor PCmover zu Eigen gemacht. Unsere Nutzer sind bekannte Unternehmen und Einrichtungen wie FederalExpress, Northwestern University, Marriott International, IBM, National Semiconductor, Xerox, University of California, Berkeley und das Harvard-Smithsonian Center für Astrophysik.

• Elliott Group Turbomachinery (PDF)

  Mit mehr als 1500 Angestellten und 10 Niederlassungen weltweit brauchte Elliott Group eine Migrationslösung, auf die sie sich verlassen konnten, um das PC-Upgrade sowie Einrichtungsverfahren in dem Unternehmen zu vereinheitlichen und zu vereinfachen.

• Glatfelter Paper Products (PDF)

  Mit seiner kleinen IT-Abteilung sowie seinem vielschichtigen globalen Netzwerk, verwendet dieses mittelgroßes Produktionsunternehmen PCmover Enterprise um einen normalen Ablauf des Geschäftsalltags während PC-Aktualisierungszeiten einfacher zu gestalten.

• Multi-National Pharmaceutical Company (PDF)

  Dieses multinationale Pharmaunternehmen verwendete PCmover Enterprise, um etwa 100000 PCs innerhalb von 14 Monaten zu migrieren, wobei die meisten Migrationen von den Endanwendern selbst durchgeführt wurden. Die IT-Abteilung, die vorher USMT im Einsatz hatte, fand, dass PCmover eine viel umfassendere sowie einfachere Lösung ist.

Das PCmover Enterprise Migrationsprogramm ist in zwei Bereiche aufgeteilt, den “PCmover Client” und den “Regelwerk (Policy) Manager”. Der PCmover Client ist eine Anwendung, die automatisch Programme, Benutzerprofile, Dateien und Einstellungen von einem alten auf einen neuen PC migriert. Der Regelwerk-Manager ist für Netzwerk-Administratoren oder Desktop-Support-Techniker verfügbar, die den PCmover Client konfigurieren, indem sie zum Beispiel bestimmte Schritte für Benutzer ausblenden, definieren, welche Optionen ausgewählt werden können und welche nicht, Benutzer zuordnen, Berichte und Benachrichtigungen einrichten, oder benutzerdefinierte Filter erstellen.

Bitte konsultieren Sie die folgenden Tutorien, um den PCmover Enterprise Anwendungsprozess für Ihr Unternehmen bestmöglich zu verstehen. Zögern Sie nicht, uns zu kontaktieren, wenn Sie weitere Fragen haben oder wir Ihnen anderweitig behilflich sein können.

• • General PCmover Enterprise Client Overview(2:26)
  • Run PCmover Enterprise Client from Network or External Drive
  • Pre-Migration Checklist

• • General Policy Manager Overview(4:38)
  • Saving a Master Policy File(0:50)
  • Creating an Application Filter(0:37)
  • Creating a Directory Filter (0:48)
  • Pre-define User Mapping(1:08)
  • Configuring a policy for a File Based migration(1:22)
  • Hiding the User Interface, Messages and other elements(0:57)
  • Setting up email notifications and messages(1:02)
  • Enabling auto-generated reports(1:27)

• PCmover Enterprise Reviewers Guide
• PCmover Enterprise Administrator Guide

General Policy Manager Overview

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Saving a Master Policy File

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Overview: Implementing changes to a PCmover Enterprise Policy is fairly simple. Once you’ve been able to set your policy modifications, you can implement these changes instantly by saving the policy file to the PCmover Enterprise Client Directory.

Tutorial: This tutorial is designed to show you where the MasterPolicy.pol file should be saved after making changes to your policy.

• 1. Navigate to the File Menu and Select Save.
• 2. Under the Save Dialogue box, navigate to the PCmover Enterprise Client.
• 3. Locate the previous MasterPolicy.pol file and select save.
• 4. This will overwrite the policies from the previous version, so be careful when saving or updating policy files.

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Overview: Many times desktop administrators will want to filter an application(s) from transferring to the target PC. As an example, you may not want to transfer any applications that are pre-installed on the base image of the new PC. This enables you to transfer the non-standard applications only.

Tutorial: This tutorial is designed to show you how to create an application filter list.

• 1. Open the PCmover Enterprise Policy Manager and navigate to the policy file you wish to modify (default policy file is MasterPoilcy.pol).
• 2. Select the “Application” tab and select the “Add” button.
• 3. Choose from one of three filter options – Application ID, Application Name, or Publisher (i.e. Microsoft).
  The application name can include the “*” wildcard character.
  Application ID is specific to application versions.
• 4. Set the Migrate drop down option to “No” to automatically deselect it from the application list.
• 5. Set the “Allow Users to Modify” to “No” so the end user or technician can not transfer it by mistake.
• 6. Go to File -> Save to update your policy file.

* Setting Interactive to “No” will hide this step from the user.

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Overview: The PCmover Client will normally transfer all files in all folders (except temporary folders) from the old PC to the corresponding location on the new PC. However, PCmover will never overwrite any files that are already on the target PC. The Directory Filter screen allows the user to choose certain directories that should not migrate.

Tutorial: This tutorial is designed to provide you with a step by step guide to filter directory paths from transferring to the new PC.

• 1. Open the PCmover Enterprise Policy Manager and navigate to the policy file you wish to modify (default policy file is MasterPoilcy.pol).
• 2. Select the “Directory Filter” tab.
• 3. Choose the “Add” button and enter the location or path that you do not want migrated to the target PC.
• 4. Choose whether you want the PCmover user to modify this filter and whether or not it should transfer to the new PC.
• 5. Go to File -> Save to update your policy file.

* Setting Interactive to “No” will hide this step from the user.

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Overview: Sometimes a PC will have multiple users that will need to be transferred to the new PC. The Policy Manager will allow you to customize the User Mapping step of the PCmover Client, giving you greater flexibility in defining how your user accounts get transferred.

Tutorial: This tutorial is designed to show you how to customize the User Mapping selection list.

• 1. Open the PCmover Enterprise Policy Manager and navigate to the policy file you wish to modify (default policy file is MasterPoilcy.pol).
• 2. Select the “User Map” tab.
• 3. Review the seven filter options available:
  • 1. Allow User Creation: Yes or No
  • 2. Transfer Current User Only: Yes or No
  • 3. Transfer User Profiles Only: Yes or No (If set to yes, PCmover will exclude all applications and data from transferring)
  • 4. Current User to Current User: Yes or No
  • 5. Only Users with Profiles: Yes or No
  • 6. Transfer Only Regular Users: Yes or No
• 4. Logon Days: 0 to 999 (Will transfer users based on last login date)
• 5. Once you’ve set your default User Map filter options, you can customize specific User Map scenarios by clicking the “Add” button.
• 6. Choose the Source to Target User and select whether the specified user should migrate or can be modified.
• 7. Go to File -> Save to update your policy file.

* Setting Interactive to “No” will hide this step from the user.

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Overview: Some migration scenarios will require you to run a transfer even when you don’t have a way to directly connect the two PCs. In these scenarios, PCmover allows you to run a migration and save it as a file to a specified location. That file can then be uploaded to the new PC when ready or convenient.

Tutorial: This tutorial is designed to show how to modify a policy file so it can automatically save the PCmover migration to a predetermined folder location on your network.

• 1. Open the PCmover Enterprise Policy Manager and navigate to the policy file you wish to modify (default policy file is MasterPoilcy.pol).
• 2. Select the “Connections” tab.
• 3. Next to the “Enable Storage Device Transfer”, select the “Configure” button.
• 4. Under the “Van” field, enter the relative or absolute location for the directory with which you wish to save the PCmover Moving Van files (i.e. – \\network\PCmoverFolder\%USERNAME%.pcv)
  • 1. Environment variables are supported in file naming convention – %USERNAME% or %COMPUTERNAME% – but make sure to add .pcv as this is the PCmover File Type.
  • 2. Use Snapshot and Snapshot – These options are available if you wish to provide PCmover with a snapshot of the new PC.
  • 3. This can help create a smaller file size so no duplicate files or applications are saved from the old PC.
• 5. Span Size and Span Notify – These options allow you to define how big PCmover should save incremental files and whether you should be notified. This option is good for burning CD/DVD to make the transfer.
• 6. Go to File -> Save to update your policy file.

* Setting Interactive to “No” will hide this step from the user.

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Overview: Sometimes desktop support personnel who frequently use PCmover will want to automate the PCmover Client as much as possible, keeping the number of clicks and interactions to a minimum. Policy Manager gives administrators the ability to hide these non-essential screens during the PCmover migration process.

Tutorial: This tutorial was designed to show administrators how to hide different parts of the PCmover client wizard interface.

• 1. Open the PCmover Enterprise Policy Manager and navigate to the policy file you wish to modify (default policy file is MasterPoilcy.pol).
• 2. Select the “Miscellaneous Settings” tab.
• 3. Deselect the User Interface elements you wish to hide.
  • 1. Display UI – Specifies whether the user interface should be displayed at all. If it is not, all settings must be specified in the policy file.
  • 2. Display Warning Page – Specified whether the warning screen that requires the user to check a box is displayed.
  • 3. Display Info Pages – Specified whether intermediate information pages of the PCmover Wizard are displayed.
  • 4. Display Ready Pages – Specifies whether “Ready to Start” is displayed requiring the user to click “Next” on the progress screens.
  • 5. Allow Stop – Controls whether the progress screens allow the user to click the “Stop” button to end the migration process.
  • 6. Transfer Only Regular Users: Yes or No
• 4. Go to File -> Save to update your policy file.

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Overview: Sometimes when a desktop support team is running several PCmover migrations simultaneously, it is helpful to receive an alert notification for when a migration has finished. This helps save time because the user is no longer required to continually check in on a migration or monitor its progress, as they can simply wait for the email notification.

Tutorial: This tutorial is designed to provide an overview on how to setup automatic alert notifications for events related to the PCmover wizard process.

• 1. Open the PCmover Enterprise Policy Manager and navigate to the policy file you wish to modify (default policy file is MasterPoilcy.pol).
• 2. Select the “Alerts” tab.
• 3. Fill out the fields titled Name, Email and Message.
  • 1. Environment Variables can be used in the “Message” field to help identify which migration applies to which email alert.
• 4. Select the “Add” button
  • 1. Set Interactive – Yes to show the step, No to hide.
  • 2. Select Type to “Done”.
  • 3. Choose the Name, Email and Message as with the header fields.
• 5. Go to File -> Save to update your policy file.

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Overview: Many times an audit trail is required in organizations that need to record and track the information transferred between PCs. The PCmover Policy Manager allows administrators the ability to create several types of reports whenever a migration and save them automatically to a predetermined location on the network.

Tutorial: This tutorial is designed to show an administrator how to configure a policy file that will automatically save four types of reports (Summary Report and Detailed Reports for Applications, Disk Items and Registry Items).

• 1. Open the PCmover Enterprise Policy Manager and navigate to the policy file you wish to modify (default policy file is MasterPoilcy.pol).
• 2. Select the “Reports” tab.
• 3. Set Interactive to Yes or No depending on if you want this step displayed in the PCmover Wizard.
• 4. Identify the Reports Directory – choose a relative or absolute path for where you want each report saved.
• 5. Choose “CSV” for the type of file format you want the report saved under.
• 6. Select “Add Summary” and define the file name (i.e. – “Summary for %USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME%.csv”
• 7. Select “Add Detail”, then define the report type and file name (i.e. – Applications for %USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME%.csv)
  • 1. Repeat steps 1 thru 7 for building other report types.
  • 2. Use Environment Variables to help identify which file applies to each specific migration.
• 8. Go to File -> Save to update your policy file.