Configuration Deployment Wizard is designed to deploy a configuration package, earlier created with the Configuration Collection Wizard, in a destination Active Roles environment. When deploying the configuration data, the target Active Roles instance is populated with the configuration objects collected from the source Active Roles instance.
The ARSconfig command-line tool provides a script-based interface that enables automation of Active Roles configuration transfer. By using the command-line script, you can create or deploy an Active Roles configuration data package, or roll back changes made to a target Active Roles configuration during deployment of a configuration package.
For information on how to use the solution components, see Using the Configuration Transfer Wizard.
This section describes the installation requirements and the installation process of Configuration Transfer Wizard.
Configuration Transfer Wizard runs on top of Active Roles, and requires the Active Roles Administration Service deployed in your Active Directory environment before installing the Wizard. Configuration Transfer Wizard supports the following versions of Active Roles Administration Service:
Before you install Configuration Transfer Wizard, also make that you have any of following Active Roles components installed on the computer where you plan to install Configuration Transfer Wizard:
Depending on whether you use the Wizard to collect Active Roles configuration data or to deploy a configuration package, Configuration Transfer Wizard must be installed on a computer from which you can connect to the Active Roles Administration Service in the source or destination environment. If the source and destination environments are physically separated, you must install the solution in each environment.
Assuming default security settings, the Domain Admins permissions are sufficient to install the Wizard.