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General Options

The General Options table lists the general options that you can set. Boolean values are specified as either 1 (true) or 0 (false).

Name

Explanation

Comment

Valid Values

Dependency

Command line

What command line should be used to run CA DMM?

You can enter a command line to run CA DMM. See Command Line Interface for details.

Valid CA DMM Command line. See Command Line Switches for details.

Do not use if you are using DMM Director.

DMM Director automatically creates the command line.

Compression Usage

How do you want the DNA file compressed?

Determines what compression level is used when creating a DNA file.

0 = None

1 = Quickest

2 = Smallest

Defaults to Quickest.

None.

Don't warn of disabled compression

Do you want the user warned if compression is disabled?

If true, a message appears before creating a DNA file warning the user that compression is turned off.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

Compression option must be set to False.

Don't warn of missing scripts directory

Do you want the user notified if the scripts directory is missing?

If true, a warning dialog box will display if the scripts directory is missing.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

None.

Default DNA file name

What file name structure should be used to identify DNA files to display in the Select a DNA File list when the check box ‘Show only files matching default file name’ is selected?

Only DNA files matching the defined naming structure are displayed in the Select a DNA File list when the check box ‘Show only files matching the default file name’ is selected.

Valid path and file name.

Environment and DMM variables are supported in the path and file names.

 

Defaults to ...\Documents and Settings\My Documents\%DNA_machine_name %%DNA_date%_%DNA_time%.dna

None.

Path for DNA files

What directory should be searched for DNA files to display to the user in the Select a DNA File page?

Only files located in this path are displayed in the Select a DNA File list.

The Path for DNA files option cannot contain an http server location.

Valid path. Multiple paths can be listed when separated by a semi-colon ';'.

Environment and DMM variables are supported in the path and file names

None.

Default template file name

What file name structure should be used to identify Template files to display in the Select a Template File page?

Only Template files matching the defined naming structure are displayed in the Select a Template File list when the check box ‘Show only files matching default name’ is selected.

Valid path and file name.

Environment and DMM variables are supported in the path and file names.

Defaults to ...\My Documents\MyDNATemplate

None.

Path for template files

What directory should be searched for Template files to display to the user in the Select a Template File page?

Only the files located in this path are displayed in the Select a Template File list.

Valid path and file name. Multiple paths can be listed when separated by a semi-colon ';'.

Environment and DMM variables are supported in the path and file names.

None.

Disable welcome pages

Do you want to disable the welcome pages?

If true, the welcome pages for each tab do not display to the user.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to False

None

Map network drives

Do you want to allow mapped network drives to be migrated?

If true, mapped network drives can be migrated from the source to the destination workstation.

1 = True (Map)

2 = False (Do not map)

Defaults to True

None

Migrate special folder sub-folders

When a special folder (such as, My Documents) is selected for migration, do you want to migrate all the subfolders?

If true, all subfolders are migrated.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

None.

Reset special folder default locations

When a special folder is redirected on the destination, do you want it re-registered as the default location?

If true, the new location of the special folder becomes the default location.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to False

None.

Show Special folder on the Select Files and Folders page

Do you want users to be able to select special folders (for example, My documents) on the file and folder page?

If False, the My documents folder is hidden on the Select files and folders page. If set to Personal, the My Documents selection will show.

Personal

False

Defaults to Personal (show My documents)

None.

Migration Overwrite

When do you want to overwrite duplicate files when applying a DNA file?

When applying files to the destination machine, this option determines when to overwrite duplicate files.

0 = Never

1 = Newer

2 = Always

Defaults to: 1, Newer.

 

Revision Overwrite

When do you want to overwrite duplicate files when applying a revision of a DNA file?

When applying files to the destination machine, this option determines when to overwrite duplicate files.

0 = Never

1 = Newer

2 = Always

Defaults to: 2, Always.

None.

Preserve directory structure

Do you want to preserve the original path to the migrated files?

If true, when files migrated with a filter stored, the original path to the file is saved.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

None.

Scripts directory

What is the path to the scripts directory?

Defines the directory where CA DMM scripts are located.

The path entered must contain subdirectories named Application Scripts and System Scripts.

Valid path and file name.

Defaults to the installation path

None.

Show applications

Do you want the user to be able to select applications to be migrated?

If true, users can select applications for migration on the Select Applications and Application Settings page.

1 = True

2 = False

Defaults to False

None.

Don't show hidden files

Do you want the user to be able to select hidden files to be migrated?

If true, users cannot select hidden files for migration.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

None.

Don't show system files

Do you want the user to be able to select system files to be migrated?

If true, users cannot select system files for migration.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

None.

Show network drives

Do you want users to be able to redirect files to network drives?

If true, users can redirect files and folders to network drive locations on the destination.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to true

None.

Don’t notify of script error

If a script error is encountered, do you want an error message to display?

If true, no message displays when a script error is encountered. This option can be useful if you are testing custom scripts.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

None.

Disk To Disk Migration

Do you want to do disk-to-disk migration?

If it is true, then disk-to-disk migration is enabled, and you can perform disk-to-disk migration. Disk-to-disk migration is applicable only for the deferred migration mode. Make sure that the slave disk is attached before doing disk-to-disk migration.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to False

None.