5.3 Automatically Migrating Personality Settings

Use directive bundles for enterprise-scale migrations of personality settings from a Windows device to another Windows device. Before you begin the migration process, ensure that the ZENworks 11 Agent is installed on the device.

When you create bundles by using the Store Personality or Apply Personality actions, the bundles always run as a dynamic administrator. For more information, see Actions in the ZENworks 11 SP3 Software Distribution Reference.

NOTE:You must not launch multiple personality migration bundles at the same time on the same device. If you do so, the bundles are not launched correctly. The log of the bundle that was first launched is the only log stored in the personalitylog.xml file. Also, the dynamic administrator user profiles for the bundles are not deleted. You must manually delete them.

  1. Create a Store Personality action.

    For more information, see Creating Bundles in the ZENworks 11 SP3 Software Distribution Reference.

  2. Assign this bundle to a user or a device, whose user’s personality needs to be migrated.

    For more information on assigning the bundle, see Assigning Existing Bundles to Users in the ZENworks 11 SP3 Software Distribution Reference.

  3. Create an Apply Personality action.

    For more information, see Creating Bundles in the ZENworks 11 SP3 Software Distribution Reference.

  4. Assign this bundle to the user to whom you want to apply the personality.

    For more information on assigning the bundle, see Assigning Existing Bundles to Users in the ZENworks 11 SP3 Software Distribution Reference.

    The personality settings are applied to the user on the destination system when the Apply Personality action is launched.

    IMPORTANT:After applying the personalities, reboot the devices for the personalities to take effect. In order to ensure this, add the Reboot/Shutdown action to the bundle. For more information, see Creating Bundles in the ZENworks 11 SP3 Software Distribution Reference.