Lite Touch Hardlink with Computer Backup.

[amofakham]

Hey guys..

 

Got an issue here which ive been struggling with for a couple of days now.

Im using MDT 2012 with WDS and trying to Migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7 but i need to have the USMT hardlink.

 

so part of my Custom Settings i have done a few different scenarios;

 

• If I set UserDataCollection=NONE and ComputerBackupLocation=NETWORK the backup works fine and migrates except no user data transfers obviously…
• If I set UserDataCollection=AUTO (with scanstate /hardlink) and ComputerBackupLocation=NONE then the Migration works fine and the Files Transfer but then I have no Backup of the Machine.
• Then if I use UserDataCollection=NETWORK (without hardlink) and ComputerBackupLocation=NETWORK the OS Upgrades and the Files Transfer… But obviously this has USMT over the network and I need it hardlink'd
• If I set UserDataCollection=AUTO and ComputerBackupLocation=NETWORK it fails with the Error of Return Code 2 which from what I understand is USMT_MEMORY_FAIL.

So looking through the Logs it looks that the TS fails at the ZTIBackup which states that;

[ 36% ] Appending progress: 37 secs remaining ]LOG]!><time="20:21:44.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIBackup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIBackup">

[ RETRY ] Restoring C:\WIMBEC3.tmp again (Error = 1392)]LOG]!><time="20:21:44.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIBackup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIBackup">

[ RETRY ] Restoring C:\WIMBEC3.tmp again (Error = 1392)]LOG]!><time="20:21:45.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIBackup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIBackup">

[ RETRY ] Restoring C:\WIMBEC3.tmp again (Error = 1392)]LOG]!><time="20:21:45.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIBackup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIBackup">

[ RETRY ] Restoring C:\WIMBEC3.tmp again (Error = 1392)]LOG]!><time="20:21:46.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIBackup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIBackup">

[ ERROR ] C:\StateStore\USMT\File\C$\MININT\SMSOSD\OSDLOGS\BDD.log (Error = 2)]LOG]!><time="20:21:46.000+000" date="07-24-2013" component="ZTIBackup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIBackup">

 

once the upgrade bombed out I went to the c: to see if this file exists which it doesnt, however the entire folder structure has moved to the c:\windows\temp folder, now im guessing this is a part of the hardlink.. so my question(s) are (after all that)..

 

1. Why does the ZTIBackup script think the files are in the C: root when they have been moved?
2. Can I exclude c:\statestore from backup and if so how? (also is this a suggested workaround)
3. what are the other ways to get this to workl?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

PS if you need more logs or snippets please let me know.