Re: Moving Files between servers

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Thank you so much for your help. I have read the help of robocopy, the option
/copyall shows me that copy all files informaiton include NTFS access control
list (ACL). I used the option, but I could get same permission of the files
on new server.

On old server, I just give Administrator & User right Full control, not any
other right for any other groups and users.

But after I copied to new server, on the new server, Administrator & User
full control right is there, but also add the right for the following groups.
1. CREATOR OWNER
2. SYSTEM
3. Users

I think that is becasue it inherit the right from parent permission.(I am
not sure if I am right.) I can change the permission by manually for each
user's home directory after I copy the files to new server. But I want to
find an automatically method to do it, becasue I have almost 200 users' home
direcotry. If I do manually, it will be a lot of work and it is hard for me.

Any ideas? thanks a lot.

--qq

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

If you intend to use console commands then you need to acquire the habit of
using the inbuilt help functions for these commands. You previously thought
that xcopy.exe would not copy permissions. Typing xcopy /? at the Command
Prompt clearly shows that it has a switch for copying permissions. It is
exactly the same with robocopy.exe. Type robocopy /? | more, then take the
time to read and to digest the text you see on the screen.


"qq" <qq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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thank you so much for your help. I didn't know about it before. I will try
it.

I tried RoboCopy new version in Windows 2008 which it has a option for
coping directory time stamps for using the following commond:

robocopy \\oldserver\ (source) \\newserver\ (destination) /e /copyall
/dcopy:T /is /V /ts /fp /LOG+:movelog.txt

The files & directory's time stamps work fine. But the right of files &
directory is not same as the right on old server. Do you know to fix the
problem? thanks a lot.

--qq

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

Strange. The xcopy help facility reports this for the /O switch:
/O Copies file ownership and ACL information.

What makes you think that it does not work?


"qq" <qq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Pegasus,

Thank you so much for your help. I tried Robocopy. Robocopy can copy
files
and keep orignal date and user access right. But date of Folders has
been
changed to the date when I did copy.

Xcopy could not keep user access right of files. I can not use it.

Do you know any good way to copy folders and files with orignal date
and
user access right from one servers to new 2008 server? Thanks a lot.

--Qing

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:


"qq" <qq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi All,

Thank you so much for your help.

I have a lot of subfolder. I want to keep the dates and rights on
these
subfolder too. Is there any way which I could do? Thanks a lot.

--qq

"qq" wrote:

xcopy.exe preserves folder dates. Unfortunately it can be unreliable
with
very large files.









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