Re: Moving file shares while retaining permissions



"a_user" wrote:
> First of all I am looking at migrating seven independent file
> servers down to
> two using DFS and hosted on a SAN. Is it possible to retain
> the security on
> the files and folders as they are moved to seperate servers
> and storage
> pools. Secondly if a microsoft supplied tool does not allow
> this are there
> third party applications/utilities I can achieve this with?
>
> What have others done?
>
> Thanks.

what about ROBOCOPY with/without "copyrite xp" (=GUI) you can copy
data and retain permissions
you could also use the File Server Migration Toolkit

Google for all and you will find them

Cheers,

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