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Migration specifies 1) the process of moving information between different data formats or 2) the process of moving an existing user environment to a different system, for example when switching operating systems

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Windows migration tool

I want a program which can help me with reinstalling the system. I want to save the settings of programs installed on my system. The settings of my user profile. Create backup of my directories. I ...
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Mail migration from Google Workspace to Synology failed halfway. What to do?

I recently bought a Synology DS723+ so that I could migrate away from Google Workspace. I configured the MailPlus Server and started to migrate. The first issue is that it takes forever! One of the ...
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Alacritty: YAML config is deprecated, please migrate to TOML using `alacritty migrate`

Everytime I start alacritty I get the following error messages: [0.000620404s] [WARN ] [alacritty] YAML config "/home/l540/.config/bspwm/alacritty/alacritty.yml" is deprecated, please ...
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How to migrate gitlab-ce 13(linux install) to gitlab-ee 16(docker image)

I am trying to migrate gitlab server to latest version. current using version is ce-13.12.3 and want to upgrade to ee-16.4 docker image(https://hub.docker.com/r/gitlab/gitlab-ee/tags) The goals I want ...
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Creating a New AKS Cluster with the Latest Kubernetes Version and Migrating Objects from an Existing Cluster

I currently have an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster running on Kubernetes version 1.19.7 with a "Basic" load balancer type. Instead of upgrading the existing cluster, I want to create ...
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What's preventing my Google Workspace email transfer to Gmail from authenticating?

I have enabled POP email on the source account. However, after clicking "Import mail and contacts" I'm getting the following error message when trying to import emails to my free Gmail ...
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Migrating form Hostinger VPS to DigitalOcean Droplet Ubuntu 22.04

I am planning to migrate a Linux server to a new machine using rsync for a complete clone. What are the best practices to ensure a successful migration, including preserving configurations, libraries, ...
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Migrating Thunderbird Gmail account from POP to IMAP is messing up nested folder/label structure?

Following the instructions to migrate a POP account to IMAP, the step for dragging and dropping (nested) folders over to the IMAP account is producing a different result than in the original POP ...
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how to replace my existing WIFI system while keeping it working for a short transition period

I have an old Orbi Netgear wifi working off a Verizon Modem. I want to upgrade to a new Netgear Orbi Router 6. Can I keep the old system up while I move across? But I want to reuse the old SSID# and ...
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Transplanting Edge v101 session with all its open tabs to another computer

I had a very intense work period on a loaner laptop with multi-tasking between multiple projects, and I have literally hundreds (perhaps thousands) of tabs open in Edge browser (Edge is pretty good at ...
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How to migrate primary system drive from RAID array to SSD with Windows already installed?

I currently have an SSD (C:) with Windows 10 installed on it (C:/Windows/*). I also have a RAID 1+0 array of 4 HDDs (D:) that does not have an OS installed. I would like to remove the RAID (D:) ...
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How to open a .MIG file from Windows Easy Transfer?

Having a .mig backup file, how do I open it on Windows 8/10? They don't have the same software anymore as Windows 7 and prior used to have to open this file.
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MacOS - Unable to see shared drive from one MacBook to another via Thunderbolt

I have a new MacBook Pro and I have attempted to migrate data and account information from my old MacBook Pro. Both systems are running MacOS 12.1 (Monterey) The old MacBook Pro is a 2019 16" ...
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Migrating from an IMAP email to Google Workspace email - no password asked?

I am migrating from an IMAP email to Google Workspace email. There is a migration tool available which asks only for "source email" and target "Google Workspace email" - it does ...
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Problems while moving data of Thunderbird

I would like to move my Thunderbird settings and data to a new computer. I am using the method described HERE, and I remember I managed to do it before like this. It seems like everything is copied ...
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Migrate Win7 -> Win10 profile with high-resolution choice of deployment

Yes, this is another question about migrating a user profile from one computer to another (Windows 7 to Windows 10 in my particular case). However - I'm not sure the user I'm migrating the profile ...
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How to migrate windows installation from two discs/partitions two one partition on one new disc without reinstalling?

I currently run a windows 10 installation on my pc using a SSD and a HDD. The HDD only contains a set of user space applications and data stuff. I would like to merge those partitions into one and ...
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Migrate Windows 7 from a dead PC

I have an HDD from a dead PC I'm trying to use for new PC with a very different configuration, carrying over the OS. All MS solutions center around running something on the old PC first - "sysprep", "...
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Migrate Data from Ondedrive to iCloud Photos

My OneDrive contains pretty much all of my files, photos and videos (~60+ gb). I have a mac and an iPhone and I finally want to sync up everything all in iCloud. I've already upgraded my iCloud so it ...
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Cloud Migration from AWS to GCP using Velostrata

During the VM Migration from AWS to GCP Cloud, the process is failing with the error: Finished job: StartFullMigration on VM: i-0240124484b1xxxxx, result: Failed, reason: [Connecting to Importer. ...
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Exchange 2010 to O365 migration hcw8078

I'm having a problem configuring an Office 365 endpoint using HCW for migrating Exchange 2010 to O365 (mailboxes and public folders). I have created an external and internal URL in /ews; I have ...
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Nginx requesting wrong files URL's

I'm moving my site from Apache to Nginx but I'm stuck at a issue for which I'm not able to find a solution, neither here nor on Google. Issue: On my home page, there are some items on menubar, ...
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Azure migration from ASM to ARM

how to migrate a single vm from ASM to ARM? I'm trying to migrate a single vm from ASM to an existing ARM. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/migration-classic-resource-...
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Windows doesn't hibernate properly after migrating to ssd

I got a new SSD drive and migrated the system on it, it boots just fine, but I'm having a problem with hibernating the laptop. It after reopening the laptop, it doesn't reopen the application that was ...
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CSV file with headers for office 365 migration

I am using the CSV file with headers only template from microsoft to import multiple users in the migration wizard for Office 365 Exchange Online...however once populated and saved. When i verify on ...
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Migrating Outlook to new PC

Im moving to new PC (from Win 7 / Outlook 2010) to Win 10 / Outlook 2019) Do I really have to create new .pst files by explicitly exporting? Thats what just about any help post Ive found here or ...
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Scanstate error 71 while running on win 10 unit with user having elevated access

While the USMT is running, a step where scanstate with arguments are run we face error 71 SCANSTATE.EXE Version 10.0.14393 25-02-2019 | 12:57:22 | Migration STDOUT : (C) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. ...
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Should I manually copy my Recovery partition after migrating OS?

I have migrated my OS to a new hard drive. My old hard drive has 3 partitions: The Main partition "System Reserved" partition "Recovery" partition However, the one named "Recovery" did not get ...
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How to migrate a laptop Windows 10 boot partition to an external USB drive

Is it possible to clone (migrate) a laptop Windows 10 boot partition (no way to diconnect the drive) to an external USB drive and then boot Windows from the external drive? I've looked over the ...
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Migrating from Zimbra to Google G-Suite for Email Hosting

So, we have a server running Ubuntu 10.10 that hosts our Zimbra email server. I would like to move away from using Zimbra and I think the best option for the company I work for would be a hosted ...
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What is the most efficient way to migrate a website over SFTP without full SSH Access?

I need to migrate a reasonably large website to a new server for a client with the least amount of downtime as possible. Unfortunately the client's current host only allows SFTP access without full ...
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What data can I safely remove, AKA, put a big partition in a smaller space

I have a system containing the following disks: 1x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB with Windows 10 1x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB with Gentoo Linux 1x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB with ...
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Migrating contacts to Office365

i am doing a office 365 migration. So i need to do a migration of contacts from outlook 2016 or 13 to office 365. After reading a few articles i am still not sure should it be exported as CSV or PST?...
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How to convert Virtualbox VM into KVM VM, with latest snapshot included?

I have been trying to change my existing Virtualbox VMs (.vdi) into .qcow2 format and run it on KVM. I have successfully done the conversion (.vdi > .qcow2) but, the converted VM is not in the same ...
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Move users and program files to another PC

I have a clean install of Win10, and I have a working install of Win10 on another PC. I want to move now all my setup to the new install of Win10. Basically I have Users, Program Files (both of them),...
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Cancelling clonezilla disk to disk

I am currently doing clonezilla disk to disk operation because i upgraded my hdd from 500gB(full) to 1TB. But it's taking too long so i consider to just fresh install my laptop. My question: Can i ...
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Is it Possible to Migrate or at Least Export Dropbox's Selective Sync Settings?

When setting up Dropbox on a new Windows computer, is it possible to migrate the selective sync settings from the old computer? And if those settings can't be migrated and must be reapplied manually,...
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Migrate VM residing on raw (physical) disc to a virtual disk image

I have a virtual machine (guest=linux, host=windows) that is run from a physical disk which was created by VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk. I'm about to max out the space on that SSD, so I ...
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Copy a Domain account from an old hdd to a new installation on the same laptop

I have a laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate that is on a Domain and I have had problems with installed software which has caused some corruption to two of my software systems, they don't play nicely ...
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What are the files/details that need to copied when I change my PC

I am a PHP developer & I am using a desktop PC which I bought 3 years back. I do all my development work in this desktop PC. Couple of days back, I bought a brand new PC with higher configuration ...
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How do I migrate a VM from vCloud to ESXi

I'm currently working on migrating some virtual machines from a vCloud environment to an ESXi. Now I believe that if I were using a full ESX with vSphere I can just export the vApp templates to OVA or ...
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Moving user profile disks in a 2012 R2 RDS environment

I have a situation whereby I have deployed a 2012 R2 RDS environment utilizing user profile disks. Everything has been good so far, except I made a mistake and stored the UPD's on the DC, so I'm ...
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how to migrate postgresql data from linux to windows

i don't know how to migrate pgsql db from linux machine to windows machine. I know how to take backup in linux machine using pg_dump but please tell me how to migrate from linux machine to windows ...
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Migrating Large MySQL DB without required storage space

I have inherited a MySQL DB that takes 220 GB of storage. The machine that it's on is 255 GB, leaving 35 GB free. We are in the process of rewriting the application and will be refactoring the DB as ...
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Mounted /home on a partition and GParted shows as if it isn't

I have 1 SSD (128 GB) and 1 HDD (1000 GB) Yesterday, I used this tutorial to migrate my /home directory to a different partition [LINK]: help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/...
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Migrating on-premises file shares to Azure

I'm looking at migrating our on-premises file shares to One Drive for Business. I know I can use One Drive for Business for this but from what I've read the migration seems painful and they're not ...
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move from old hosting company to AWS

I have a website www.website.com, it is hosted with company A, I have built a new site on AWS with a temporary URL www.tempurl.com I want to make it so www.website.com points at the new site. I want ...
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How to migrate a nested VM between Virtualbox guests?

I have two Virtualbox guests with Ubuntu 14.04 installed. Inside one of the guests, there is another VM (nested VM). I was wondering how can I migrate this nested VM to the second Vitualbox guest? I ...
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USMT excluding this computer

i'm trying to use USMT to migrate user profiles from one system to another. Here's the command i'm using: C:\USMT\amd64\scanstate.exe F:\Profile /ue:DOMAIN\* /ue:%computername%\* /ui:DOMAIN\...
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How can I Migrate the User Environment from a Windows 98 HDD to a VM?

I have the hard drive from a PC I used from 1999 to 2004 (I know, I should have upgraded from 98 by then), and I am trying to copy the whole user environment. My attempts include: Connecting HDD ...
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