Copying File Permissions and Shares

[useractive]

This weekend we will be moving data from one file server to another. It has to be an exact copy of the data. Problem is it's a large amount of data (60 gig or so) and I do not want to re-create all of the file permissions and shares. Is there a way using Xcopy or a special software that will allow you to copy it all, and keep all file permissions and shares?

Thanks,
Swish

 

[C0Sin]

Swish,

You can use xcopy with the following switches:

xcopy d:\users u:\users /O /E /H /Q /F


/E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
/Q Does not display file names while copying.
/F Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
not support encryption.
/H Copies hidden and system files also.
/O Copies file ownership and ACL information.

I am in the process of copying over 40 gig and it is giving me the desired results. All file permissions are retained. The only other thing I had to do was move the share. Once the data is verified, delete the original file structure.

Hope this help,

C0SiN

 

[AdeD01]

What you need is a program called Secure Copy. Secure Copy not only migrates files and folders, but also migrates NTFS permissions, file shares and share permissions, local users and groups, and compression settings. Check it out here:

http://www.pnltools.com/productinfo.asp?productid=48&refid=132

Ade