Here's an example of the /r and /w options on robocopy /r:3 /w:2 = retry 3 times, wait 2 secs between retries
etc... ________________________________ From: Jonathan Link <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:38 PM Subject: Re: File Server Migration - File transfer utility Oh, and you might want to set the retries to 1 or 0 and the wait on an open file to a second or two, too. If a file is open, I think it retries 30 times for 30 seconds (I'm not looking this up, just kind of remembering) which could make the initial copy take a LONG time if a number of files are open. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:23 PM, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote: >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]> 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] >>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 >~ 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 ~ 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 ~ 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
