Copying large amounts of data between servers

[imunro01]

I'm needing to migrate some big shared folders form one server to another as part of our upgrade plan from 2003 to 2012. Within the folder structure, a lot of the folders have special permissions set, yet a straight copy does not save those.

 

Is there an easy way of bulk copying that data whilst retaining the permissions?

[Chuckster]

Use the Backup Utility found in 2003 to backup your data and then use the restore function to restore to a mapped drive that's from the 2012 server.

 

It's how I did it when I had to transfer some data between 2003 to 2008 R2. Alternatively there's Robocopy, though I've never quite used it extensively other than to mirror filles.

[tmcd35]

Roboopy all the way!

[dave.81]

When i've had to do large amounts of data i've used robocopy, means you can maintain file permissions etc etc.

[cpjitservices]

Robocopy or if your a Linux fan... Rsync.

[FragglePete]

Beyond Compare (Scooter Software: Home of Beyond Compare) is one that we've used in the past.

 

Pete

[imunro01]

Thanks guys,

 

Robocopy does exactly what I need!