Migrating local users failed with migration tool

Getting an error trying to migrate local users from windows server 2003 R2 (X86) to windows 2008 R2. There is no domain involve in our environment. Both are workgroup servers.
By following the steps given by Microsoft, trying to export local users and group information but failed with the error massage below,
Export-SmigServerSetting : Initialization of the migration failed.
The migration operation encountered an unknown exception.
At line:1 char:25
+ Export-SmigServerSetting <<<< -User All -Group -Path C:\migrate\miguser -Ver
bose
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Export-SmigServerSetting]
, MigrationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Migration.Comman
ds.ExportSvrMigSettingCommand
Trying to find this error massage through web page but none encounter this before.
Not sure if there is something that I missed out or it would be something to do with the source machine.
thanks,

Hi,
Did you follow this MS article?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd379531(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_strategy
Meanwhile, hops this helps:
Troubleshooting Cmdlet-based Migration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd871120.aspx
Regards.
Vivian Wang

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>>> thsundel<[email protected]> 18.06.2014 17:06 >>>
Andrej Dimic;2323232 Wrote:
> Hi all
>
> we have been a very traditional NetWare-Company neglecting all local
> user security (on windows) as we always tried to force the users not to
> save any data on local drives (but only on our NetWare- or OES-drives).
> So all of our users work on the local windows Administrator-account
> without any password.
>
> With a new IT-Management in place, this has to change. The new
> management wants to make sure laptops can't be used when stolen.
>
> So we have the following requirements to implement:
> 1) local user account with central policies in place
> 2) the local user account has to be single sign on with NDS (only one
> password to enter for local user account and nds login)
> 3) user roaming (user should be able to change physical machine and get
> the same environment)
>
> So far, we have used ZCM 11 primarily for software deployment. We are on
> ZCM 11.2.4.
>
> I do have an idea how to implement Point 1) and 3), but i am unsure
> which way to go for the SSO part (Point 2)
>
> hopefully, someone can point me in the right direction.
>
> Thanks
> Andrej
>
> Andrej Dimic
> Karl Bubenhofer AG
> Hirschenstrasse 26
> 9200 Gossau
> e-mail: [email protected]
> Tel. +41 71 387 43 87
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The video 'Setting up a primary DNS zone.....' from Lynda.com on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOEgQY9oFK4
The Series of PDF document on Snow Leopard Server from Apple http://support.apple.com/manuals#mac%20os%20x%20server%20v10.6
And finally this excellent post from Joe Ferrante which was the core of what I used http://joeferrante.net/how-to-migrate-local-user-account-to-network-user-account -with-networked-home-folder-on-snow-leopard-server/
Right off we go....
Setting up the Server [this took me 6 goes to get it right as I learnt a little each time].
So i'm not going to go through this step by step because it in the 'dummies' book and the videos from Apple above and those will be better than anything I write but here's my details/advice.
I split the primary disc into 2 partitions using disk utility so I could reformat the operating system without moving my data.
100GB for the OS X system
400GB for user data
Install OS X from the DVD, press the buttons based on your desires but stop at the bit about naming you computer titled Network Names
READ UP ON DNS - this one of the reason I had so many goes as it was the 1st time i've set up a server like this using DNS and guessing didn't get me there.
If you don't have one buy a domain name for your network it make it much easier in the long run & is $10 well spent
The name needs to be [the computer name].[your domain name].[com or net or org, etc]
So if you want you computer to be called fred and you bought or have the domain location.com enter fred.location.com in the primary DNS name box
This shoud automatically put fred in the computer name box.
Follow along with the set up guide to finish
After you have finished the set up test the DNS with NSLOOKUP in a terminal window
nslookup fred.location.com in my example and you should get the IP
Add your servers IP address to the list of DNS servers in network preferences on the client mac.
Bind [link] the client computers to the server in Accounts on the client computer - I used the 'dummies' book for this but there's lots of data on the web.
Clean up the user profile on the client to reduce the size of the Home folder as much as possible or the data transfer is loooooooonnnnng - i also connect the iMac on a cable rather than wifi to speed it up.
Read Joe's post http://joeferrante.net/how-to-migrate-local-user-account-to-network-user-account -with-networked-home-folder-on-snow-leopard-server/ and follow along.useful info I learnt somewhere - to get the paths to the folders correct in the terminal window go to the folder in Finder and then drag it to the terminal window and let go - this will put the correct link in the instruction.
You now need to be on a terminal window on your server, with a finder window open and logged into the client as the user you are moving
THE CLIENT COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE LOGGED OUT or logged in as a different user than the one you're trying to move.
so when you're at the right point - type sudo cp -R then hit the space bar, drag the existing user folder onto the finder window, add the /* and hit space then find the users folder on the server and drag that onto the terminal window to complete the instruction.
Hit enter and wait a while assuming it starts ok - i used network traffic on the Activity Monitor utility to check if it was working.
If you got this far and it all worked - login to the profle you moved on any computer linked to the server or the server but not the original client computer to see if it worked and all your setting and data are intact and then delete the profile off the original client if it was ok [archiving the home directory took ages for me].
As you can probably guess most of this was good learning for me and it worked successfully for me in the end, moving all my history, saved password, etc, etc without any problems.
Hope this helps other in the same situation & feel free to expand or correct this if I've missed anything.
Ed

Hi,
I was unable to access the Joe Ferrante information (it appears to now requrie a password and was not able to determine how a username and password were assigned) Would you happen to have a copy of the post that you refer to above?
I am still at the early stages of this process but am hoping that the steps you refer to are going to get me where I want to be. Your stated end goal is where I hope to get to.
Thanks,
Sean

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