If you prefer something more GUI oriented rather than robocopy take a look at RichCopy.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > ~ 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
