UMove Frequently Asked Questions

General

Q: What exactly does UMove do?

Q: What are the requirements to run UMove?

Q: What are the choices of operation?

Q: I can rebuild a DC using replication, so why do I need to use UMove?

Q: I can restore the System State, so why do I need to use UMove?

Backup

Q: How can I schedule a daily backup of Active Directory?

Q: How can I be notified of AD database corruption?

Restore

Q: How do I restore AD on the same computer?

Q: How do I restore AD on a different computer?

Q: How do I prepare the destination computer?

Q: Do I need to run DCPROMO?

Move

Q: How long does UMove take to move AD?

Q: Can I back out if the move does not work?

Q: My old computer died and I have no backup!

Q: I forgot my Domain Administrator password!

Q: Can I move from Windows Server 2003 to Release 2 (R2)?

Q: Can I script UMove for automatic operation?

Moving Applications

Q: Does UMove move Microsoft Exchange?

Q: Does UMove move Internet Information Services (IIS)?

Q: Does UMove move Terminal Services licenses?

Q: Does UMove move Certificate Services?

Q: Does UMove move Small Business Server?

Q: What about other applications?