Ditto, run it whenever to get the bulk of the data copied. Then kick everyone out, run it again to roll up any changes, let everyone back in. If you want a GUI with a ton of options you can look at this app. I use it as my primary file level back solution but it also works great for little projects like this. It's dirt cheap for everything it can do. http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbpro.html
________________________________ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: File Server Migration - File transfer utility Sure robocopy will do this just fine. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Juned Shaikh <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Greetings: This subject must have made several rounds already but here it is again. -> Doing major file migration (~20TB); all from Windows box to another windows box - tool of choice Brocade StorageX is broken. -> Tried richcopy (which all the chatter suggests replaces robocopy) - Crashes all the times - reliability factor is a huge concern. I want to know from someone who has indeed used any free/opensource tool or paid tool to transfer the file where ACLs and timestamps must gets transferred over. Thanks in advance, ~ 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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 [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
