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Old 16th August 2006, 12:19
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Hi,

We are soon moving to a new file server and I wan't to know what / how is the easiest / best way to go about moving files / folders across to it (over the LAN) Although both old and new servers are not running Windows (sorry if this is in the wrong place?) they are both filers setup with NTFS shares so *should* retain file permissions etc ok.

Is there any program / script I should be looking at? The couple of things I have tried so far have not worked

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Look at using xcopy. It can move files accross the network preserving ownership and permissions with the /O switch.

To copy files i usually do:

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xcopy source dest /E /H /K /O
But you will need to double check the switches for your specific needs.
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Totally untested, but could you use Distributed File System to replicate from one server to another, then remove the old server?

Oops -- just read the post properly -- non Windows servers, so I guess it wont work!

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Look at using xcopy. It can move files accross the network preserving ownership and permissions with the /O switch.

To copy files i usually do:

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xcopy source dest /E /H /K /O
But you will need to double check the switches for your specific needs.
I have tried using xcopy already, it seems to work well, but even with the /O switch it doesn't seem to hold owner / permissions settings
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What if you did a backup of the files and then restored them to the new server making sure you configure the options to retain file permissions?
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I have tried using xcopy already, it seems to work well, but even with the /O switch it doesn't seem to hold owner / permissions settings
Just noticed you are not using Windows... so what are you using?
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What if you did a backup of the files and then restored them to the new server making sure you configure the options to retain file permissions?
That would be nice, but unfortunately the new tape drive won't read from our old tape format...tested it but it didn't like it lol
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Just noticed you are not using Windows... so what are you using?
Two different filers, and Auspex machine and a NetApp machine configured to do NTFS.
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Have you contacted Auspex and NetApp to see what they suggest you use to move the files?
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That would be nice, but unfortunately the new tape drive won't read from our old tape format...tested it but it didn't like it lol
Why not make a new backup to a hard drive from a Windows box?
With ntbackup on an 2000 pro machine I've been able to backup and restore to/from a Linux based server. All the NTFS permissions including owner are restored to a new location.
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