He was saying we should use just plain old copy. -T
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Matthew W. Ross <mr...@ephrataschools.org>wrote: > I have never had a problem with Robocopy. It did exactly what I told it to > do and gave me detailed information on what it did. I could not ask for > more from a command line copy utility. > > I'm sensing that your Boss has a bias, perhaps due to a bad experience he > had previously. If so, what does _he_ recommend? > > Maybe he has some awesome software I've never heard of. (It wouldn't be > the first time!) > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Miller > [mailto:tmil...@sfgtrust.com] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] > Sent: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 > 09:08:33 -0800 > Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability > > > > I've used it many times for file migration moves and even for permissions > > copies. Just this past weekend I migrated a pretty complex old Windows > 2008 > > server shared to Windows 2008 R2 this past weekend. I didn't copy > > permissions since they were a mess. > > > > The only errors I've seen were my own, usually syntax or spelling. > > > > What are you trying to do? > > > > From: Tigran K [mailto:tigr...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 11:34 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Robocopy reliability > > > > Having a discussion with the boss on how we should do something I > suggested > > robocopy. His reply was a strict "NO". Reasoning was that it's not > reliable. > > He said "I've seen it break". > > > > So my question is have you seen it break? Is robocopy any more or less > > reliable than built in copy? I did point out that robocopy is built in to > > windows as well at least for Windows7. Didn't seem to help. > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to > > listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto: > listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
