Windows rdist like utility.

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3 total messages Started by Jeff Goodin Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:31

#90

Author: Jeff Goodin
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:31

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Does anyone know of a utility to copy data between 2 cifs servers that will
keep ACL's and file ownership?  Something akin to rdist on unix.

I need to copy a large amount of data between two network appliance filers 
and would like to start seeding the data now so that the day I cut users over
to the new filer, I just have to do a quick refresh of the days changes to the
target.

I have tried robocopy v1.96.  It seems to keep ACL's but not file ownership.

Thanks,

Jeff.

Re: Windows rdist like utility.

#91

Author: David Carlin
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:19

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Jeff,  I think you have to use the right arguments with robocopy:

/COPY:copyflag[s] : What to COPY (default is /COPY:DAT).
                (copyflags : D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps).
                (S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=aUditing info).

So try like /COPY:DATSO

	-David

Jeff Goodin wrote:
> Does anyone know of a utility to copy data between 2 cifs servers that will
> keep ACL's and file ownership?  Something akin to rdist on unix.
> 
> I need to copy a large amount of data between two network appliance filers 
> and would like to start seeding the data now so that the day I cut users over
> to the new filer, I just have to do a quick refresh of the days changes to the
> target.
> 
> I have tried robocopy v1.96.  It seems to keep ACL's but not file ownership.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff.

Re: Windows rdist like utility.

#92

Author: Bob Hetzel
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:05

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as an alternative...
xcopy /k /o /x /s /e <source> [destination]
(comes with windows)
I've done large amounts of file transfers using it--up to 100 gigs or more 
and it works fine (but it's slow)

There are also flags to select files by date.  There's a flag to exclude 
some files as well, but it's clumsy.

Google it and you'll get a hit on microsoft's web site with all the 
parameters and explanations.

By far the quickest way would usually be to do a backup and a restore, 
however, if you've got reasonably fast backup hardware.

    Bob

"David Carlin" <dcarlin3@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:425B7672.9040904@yahoo.com...
> Jeff,  I think you have to use the right arguments with robocopy:
>
> /COPY:copyflag[s] : What to COPY (default is /COPY:DAT).
>                (copyflags : D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps).
>                (S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=aUditing info).
>
> So try like /COPY:DATSO
>
> -David
>
> Jeff Goodin wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a utility to copy data between 2 cifs servers that 
>> will
>> keep ACL's and file ownership?  Something akin to rdist on unix.
>>
>> I need to copy a large amount of data between two network appliance 
>> filers and would like to start seeding the data now so that the day I cut 
>> users over
>> to the new filer, I just have to do a quick refresh of the days changes 
>> to the
>> target.
>>
>> I have tried robocopy v1.96.  It seems to keep ACL's but not file 
>> ownership.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeff.

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