Re: Need help-ROBOCOPY to move files/permissions from 1 server to anot


"Jordi Maycas" <jmaycasNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The best thing with Robocopy is sync...

I've got a folder with 40 gb of data, and everyday I modify 200 mb - 1 gb.
Everynight runs a process with task manager, and sync dest folder with the
changes. With xcopy you can't do that.

Why not? You need restartable for errors on your network?

Xcopy has /D for updating only files that have changed.

Same answer though: Just try the RoboCopy on a test set of files.

Another good trick for programs like RoboCopy with extensive command
line switches and help, run this:

RoboCopy >RoboCopy.txt

Now you have all of the help in a text file and you can add any "good"
example commands you test to that file for later use.


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"pbrill1" <pbrill1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I need to move 2GB of files from 1 file server to another, and maintain
all
of the security permissions that have been set on each folder/subfolder.
I
know that simply moving or copying to a different NTFS volume will cause
a
loss of all permission settings...which I need to avoid.

A bit of research shows me that ROBOCOPY is the tool that I need to use,
and
I even found a ROBOCOPY GUI tool that I'd like to learn how to use from
TechNetMag Nov2006 (
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/

XCopy works too. /O (permission and ownership) or even /X (like /O plus
includes auditing too)

RoboCopy is fine but XCopy is included already on every system.

My difficulty is - there are a large number of switches, and frankly -
I'm
concerned about choosing too many, or the wrong ones.

Test it. Takes a couple of minutes. Copy (a small but interesting) set
of
files to a test directory with different permissions etc.

Would just these 3 be all that I'd need? /S /E /COPYALL

Or would I also need to add /SEC to this?

Should I use the /CREATE switch? The destination path to the new server
is
empty.

I'd expect that this is a trivial matter for some...but I'd really like
to
set this up right the first time - to avoid errors - especially to the
source
data (which is on backup tape...but I'd still rather not fall back to
that).
A helping hand would be much appreciated.

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pbrill1






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