ADMT v3.0 ERR3: 7438 no NTUser.DAT file for "user" was found

I am doing an interforest migration and trying to migrate a user from
domain a (source domain) --> domain b (target domain). We are
currently housing profiles using DFS (on a Windows Server 2003 R2
server) on a box named File01 which is in domain a.
When ADMT v3 is ran(translate roaming profile option selected) for a
test user we receive an error like the one below in the log. I am
specifically concerned about is "ERR3: 7438 no NTUser.DAT file for
testuser was found. The roaming profile cannot be migrated"



[Settings Section]
Task: User Migration (9)
ADMT Console
User: NEWDOMAIN\administrator
Computer: domctl2.newdomain.local (DOMCTL2)
Domain: newdomain.local (NEWDOMAIN)
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 5.2 (3790) Service Pack 2
Source Domain
Name: olddomain (olddomain)
DC: sc-domctl1.olddomain (SC-DOMCTL1)
OS: Windows 2000 Server 5.0 (2195) Service Pack 4
OU:
Target Domain
Name: newdomain.local (NEWDOMAIN)
DC: domctl2.newdomain.local (DOMCTL2)
OS: Windows Server 2003 5.2 (3790) Service Pack 2
OU: LDAP://newdomain.local/OU=newdomainUsers,DC=newdomain,DC=local
Intra-Forest: No
Password Option: Generate passwords, only for new objects = Yes
Password File: 'C:\WINDOWS\ADMT\Logs\passwords.txt'
Migrate Security Identifiers: No
Update Rights: Yes
Translate Roaming Profiles: Yes
Fix group membership: Yes
Conflict Option: Ignore
Source Disable Option: Leave source account
Source Expiration: Do not expire source account
Target Disable Option: Enable target account
Migrate groups: No
Migrate service accounts: Yes

[Object Migration Section]
2007-05-24 10:45:17 Starting Account Replicator.
2007-05-24 10:45:18 CN=Test User - Created
2007-05-24 10:45:18 CN=Test User - Strong password generated.
2007-05-24 10:45:18 WRN1:7874 Disabled the "password never expires"
account option for account 'CN=Test User'.
2007-05-24 10:45:18 ERR3:7438 No NTUser.DAT file for testuser was
found in \\newdomain.local\C$\DFSRoots\User\Profile\testuser. The
roaming profile cannot be migrated.
2007-05-24 10:45:18 Updated user rights for CN=Test User
2007-05-24 10:45:18 Operation completed.

On Oct 31, 9:40 am, jonhsy...@gmail.com wrote:
> I am doing an interforest migration and trying to migrate a user from
> domain a (source domain) --> domain b (target domain). We are
> currently housing profiles using DFS (on a Windows Server 2003 R2
> server) on a box named File01 which is in domain a.
> When ADMT v3 is ran(translate roaming profile option selected) for a
> test user we receive an error like the one below in the log. I am
> specifically concerned about is "ERR3: 7438 no NTUser.DAT file for
> testuser was found. The roaming profile cannot be migrated"
>
> [Settings Section]
> Task: User Migration (9)
> ADMT Console
> User: NEWDOMAIN\administrator
> Computer: domctl2.newdomain.local (DOMCTL2)
> Domain: newdomain.local (NEWDOMAIN)
> OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 5.2 (3790) Service Pack 2
> Source Domain
> Name: olddomain (olddomain)
> DC: sc-domctl1.olddomain (SC-DOMCTL1)
> OS: Windows 2000 Server 5.0 (2195) Service Pack 4
> OU:
> Target Domain
> Name: newdomain.local (NEWDOMAIN)
> DC: domctl2.newdomain.local (DOMCTL2)
> OS: Windows Server 2003 5.2 (3790) Service Pack 2
> OU: LDAP://newdomain.local/OU=newdomainUsers,DC=newdomain,DC=local
> Intra-Forest: No
> Password Option: Generate passwords, only for new objects = Yes
> Password File: 'C:\WINDOWS\ADMT\Logs\passwords.txt'
> Migrate Security Identifiers: No
> Update Rights: Yes
> Translate Roaming Profiles: Yes
> Fix group membership: Yes
> Conflict Option: Ignore
> Source Disable Option: Leave source account
> Source Expiration: Do not expire source account
> Target Disable Option: Enable target account
> Migrate groups: No
> Migrate service accounts: Yes
>
> [Object Migration Section]
> 2007-05-24 10:45:17 Starting Account Replicator.
> 2007-05-24 10:45:18 CN=Test User - Created
> 2007-05-24 10:45:18 CN=Test User - Strong password generated.
> 2007-05-24 10:45:18 WRN1:7874 Disabled the "password never expires"
> account option for account 'CN=Test User'.
> 2007-05-24 10:45:18 ERR3:7438 No NTUser.DAT file for testuser was
> found in \\newdomain.local\C$\DFSRoots\User\Profile\testuser. The
> roaming profile cannot be migrated.
> 2007-05-24 10:45:18 Updated user rights for CN=Test User
> 2007-05-24 10:45:18 Operation completed.

I will go ahead and reply to something I have stumbled across. The
DFS server resides in the root source domain, the account we are using
the migrate the users reside in a child source domain. I changed the
location of the profile to a share in the child domain and the
migration process worked. The problem is our DFS namespace must
remain as it currently is. So this means I must provide the correct
permissions for the DFS profile shares

Hello John,

Thank you for using newsgroup!

From your post, this could be a problem. I'd like to give you the following
possible workarounds:

1. Walking to those machines and changing the registry permissions when
logged on as Administrator and adding the Windows 2003 user w/Full Control
permissions, and then changing the pointer to the Profilelist to the
original location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

and changing the ProfileImagePath entry.

2. You could use the File and Settings Transfer wizard (if you're using
Windows XP) or the User State Migration Tool for Windows 2000/XP clients.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../usermigr.mspx

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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Hi John,

If you have any updates or need any further assistance on this issue,
please feel free to let me know.

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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