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General Options

The General Options table lists the general options that you can set.

Name

Comment

Valid Values

Dependency

Command line

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

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

0 = None

1 = Quickest

2 = Smallest

Defaults to Quickest.

 

Don't warn of disabled compression

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

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

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

 

Default DNA file name

Only DNA files matching the defined naming structure are displayed in the Select a DNA File list.

Valid path and file name.

 

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

 

Path for DNA files

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

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

 

Default template file name

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.

Defaults to ...\My Documents\MyDNATemplate

 

Path for template files

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 ';'.

 

Disable welcome pages

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

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to False

 

Map network drives

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

 

Migrate special folder sub-folders

If true, all subfolders are migrated.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

 

Reset special folder default locations

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

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to False

 

Show Special folder on the Select Files and Folders 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)

 

Migration Overwrite

Determines when to overwrite duplicate files.

0 = Never

1 = Newer

2 = Always

Defaults to: 1, Newer.

 

Revision Overwrite

Determines when to overwrite duplicate files.

0 = Never

1 = Newer

2 = Always

Defaults to: 2, Always.

 

Preserve directory structure

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

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

 

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

 

Show applications

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

1 = True

2 = False

Defaults to False

 

Don't show hidden files

If true, users cannot select hidden files for migration.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

 

Don't show system files

If true, users cannot select system files for migration.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

 

Show network drives

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

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to true

 

Don’t notify of script error

If true, no message displays when a script error is encountered.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to True

 

Disk To Disk Migration

Disk-to-disk migration is applicable only for the deferred migration mode.

1 = True

0 = False

Defaults to False