I usually use the Robocopy 2010 version via the command-line, I found the GUI to be a bit cludgy.
Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:[email protected] Cell:401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 8:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: file copying On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Level 5 Lists <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a client that we need to migrate about 2tb of data. I recently used > xcopy gui but it didn't seem to bring a lot of permissions over and I had to > go back through and redo it. ROBOCOPY. Use the /COPYALL switch to include DACLs (permissions), along with everything else file-related (SACLs (auditing) might be of interest). My usual command line for something like this is: ROBOCOPY /E /COPYALL /DCOPY:T /NFL /NDL /R:0 /B /E = Copy subdirs, including empty ones. /DCOPY:T = For directories, copy timestamps. Otherwise all the directories end up showing a last modified of today. /NFL /NDL = I suppress file and directory lists because I just want to know about problems. I already know it's going to be copying files. Silence is golden. But if something goes *wrong*, I want that to stick out, and not immediately scroll off the screen. /R:0 = In most cases, I don't find retries to be useful, so I disable them. Usually if a file can't be copied trying again in 30 seconds won't help, and the delay slows everything down considerably. /B = Request "backup semantics". That preserves the "last accessed" timestamps on the originals. -- Ben ~ 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
