State Migration Point
The State Migration Point (SMP) provides a secure location to store the user state from a client system during the OS deployment process. Before the deployment of a new operating system to a target system, the user state can be captured, encrypted, and stored on the State Migration Point. The existing operating system can be wiped and a new operating system deployed. After the new operating system is deployed, the OS deployment can apply the existing user state to the new system, thus preserving the user’s configuration and local data.
Similar to the PXE-enabled DP, the State Migration Point should be deployed in each area that OS deployments will take place. This is typically implemented on the local network with the PXE-enabled ...
Get Microsoft® System Center 2012 Unleashed now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
