Robocopy where is it and how do I use it?

speckytecky · 28-07-2008, 02:36 PM

Over ther next few weeks we hope to move from our existing Windows 2K server to a Windows 2003 server upgrading the old tin to 2003 and keeping it as a back up. From advice particularly from this forum I can see that one of the first steps will be to Robocopy the relevant stuff to the new server.

I have had a look on the W2003 disks but can't see the Robocopy exe which I will need to copy to the old server. Where is it please and how do I use it. I see a fair number of postings about it on this Forum but nothing I have seen so far demystifies for me

petectid · 28-07-2008, 02:38 PM

Robocopy is part of the Windows 2003 resource kit download this from Microsoft and install it.

K.C.Leblanc · 28-07-2008, 02:41 PM

Robocopy

It's like using the basic copy command but with more bells and whistles (including UNC path support).

tech-man · 28-07-2008, 03:47 PM

Also have a look at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

speckytecky · 28-07-2008, 03:59 PM

Couple of points for clarification please.

first I had an impression that the Robocopy was on the set up disks?

secondly, from the File Server Migration Toolkit would I be able to run it from my new (Win 2003 server) or would I need to run it from the Win 2K server.

Ric_ · 28-07-2008, 05:25 PM

robocopy is part of the resource kit (so not on the setup disks) but that just means you need to download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and it should work on windows 2000 (I'm not 100% on that mind). If it doesn't work on 2k, just run it on 2003 and pull the data the opposite way.

The GUI for robocopy can be found at Utility Spotlight: Robocopy GUI - it's basically just an interface for generating a script by ticking boxes to select the options.

FN-GM · 28-07-2008, 05:34 PM

I would use this over robocopy. In my opinion its quicker an easier to use.

Download details: File Server Migration Toolkit

speckytecky · 29-07-2008, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ric_

robocopy is ....

Thanks Ric,

Brilliantly helpful as usual. Crumbs what would us novices do without you and the rest of the team

speckytecky · 29-07-2008, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FN-Greatermanchester

I would use this over robocopy. In my opinion its quicker an easier to use.

Download details: File Server Migration Toolkit

Thanks FN,

However, it leaves me wondering why Microsoft have the two products - why not just one or the other?

FN-GM · 29-07-2008, 09:25 AM

Because robocopy can be used as a scheduled task and the File Server Migration Toolkit can’t there will be more reasons but just can’t think of any now.

Geoff · 29-07-2008, 09:29 AM

Robocopy predates the File Server Migration Toolkit by about a decade, having first been released with Windows NT. Additionally, robocopy is a more general purpose tool, more akin to rsync.

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speckytecky Join Date: May 2006 Location: Devizes Posts: 722 Thanks: 1,060 Thanked 30 Times in 25 Posts Rep Power: 14	Robocopy where is it and how do I use it? Over ther next few weeks we hope to move from our existing Windows 2K server to a Windows 2003 server upgrading the old tin to 2003 and keeping it as a back up. From advice particularly from this forum I can see that one of the first steps will be to Robocopy the relevant stuff to the new server. I have had a look on the W2003 disks but can't see the Robocopy exe which I will need to copy to the old server. Where is it please and how do I use it. I see a fair number of postings about it on this Forum but nothing I have seen so far demystifies for me

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28-07-2008, 02:38 PM	#2
petectid Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 282 Thanks: 2 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts Rep Power: 12	Robocopy is part of the Windows 2003 resource kit download this from Microsoft and install it.

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K.C.Leblanc Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rural heck Posts: 1,484 Thanks: 52 Thanked 164 Times in 129 Posts Rep Power: 50	Robocopy It's like using the basic copy command but with more bells and whistles (including UNC path support).

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tech-man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk Posts: 104 Thanks: 4 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Rep Power: 10	Also have a look at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

28-07-2008, 03:59 PM	#5
speckytecky Join Date: May 2006 Location: Devizes Posts: 722 Thanks: 1,060 Thanked 30 Times in 25 Posts Rep Power: 14	Couple of points for clarification please. first I had an impression that the Robocopy was on the set up disks? secondly, from the File Server Migration Toolkit would I be able to run it from my new (Win 2003 server) or would I need to run it from the Win 2K server.

28-07-2008, 05:25 PM	#6
Ric_ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lancashire Posts: 7,193 Thanks: 78 Thanked 535 Times in 410 Posts Rep Power: 125	robocopy is part of the resource kit (so not on the setup disks) but that just means you need to download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and it should work on windows 2000 (I'm not 100% on that mind). If it doesn't work on 2k, just run it on 2003 and pull the data the opposite way. The GUI for robocopy can be found at Utility Spotlight: Robocopy GUI - it's basically just an interface for generating a script by ticking boxes to select the options.

28-07-2008, 05:34 PM	#7
FN-GM Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 8,109 Thanks: 280 Thanked 531 Times in 481 Posts Rep Power: 109	I would use this over robocopy. In my opinion its quicker an easier to use. Download details: File Server Migration Toolkit

29-07-2008, 09:25 AM	#10
FN-GM Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 8,109 Thanks: 280 Thanked 531 Times in 481 Posts Rep Power: 109	Because robocopy can be used as a scheduled task and the File Server Migration Toolkit can’t there will be more reasons but just can’t think of any now.

29-07-2008, 09:29 AM	#11
Geoff Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fylde, Lancs, UK. Posts: 10,753 Thanks: 93 Thanked 381 Times in 327 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 98	Robocopy predates the File Server Migration Toolkit by about a decade, having first been released with Windows NT. Additionally, robocopy is a more general purpose tool, more akin to rsync.

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