Setting up a Move the User: Create task

You can set up a Move the User: Create task as a stand-alone task, or as a step within a task.

To set up a Move the User: Create task

1.

In the Symantec Ghost Console, in the left pane, expand the Tasks folder.

2.

Select the parent folder in which to place the task.

3.

Do one of the following:

4.

In the Properties for New Task window, in the Name box, type a name for the new task.

5.

In the Task Steps list, check Move the User: Create to activate the step.

You can select other steps to perform in the same task, if required. You cannot save the task until you have specified all the required data for each step.

6.

In the Target Machine Group/Machine box, click Browse, select the target computer or computer group from the folder structure, then click OK.

7.

On the Move the User: Create tab, under User Package Location, select one of the following to specify where to save the user packages created by this task:

8.

In the User Package Naming box, specify the user package name.

Setting the user package name

9.

In the User Profile box, click Browse, and then in the Select User Profile window, select the user profile to use.

Setting up user profiles

10.

If you want to stop the task on a client computer if the user data is not captured successfully, check Abort on Warning.

11.

Click OK to save the task.

The new task is added to the Tasks folder in the Console. You need to execute the task to collect the user settings from the target computers.

Executing a Move the User task

When you execute a Move the User: Create task, the user settings on each target computer are stored in a user package. Each user package is an .exe file, and is saved on the Console server, or on the client computers, according to the settings you specified in the task. If the user package is saved on the Console server, the package definition is added to the User Packages folder.