Robocopy - issues migrating large amounts of data

[CapnPugwash]

I need to migrate large amounts of data from a Server 2003 box to a Server 2012 box.

The data is mainly student areas, so I need to migrate the data with ACL's intact.

 

I'm having a number of issues:

 

If I run : robocopy \\source\ C:\DEST\ *.* /mir /sec

 

It wont copy certain folders (my music, my pictures, my videos) - Access denied (we have hundreds of users so any fix can't be manual - I'm pretty sure it's to do with ownsership)

 

If I run : robocopy \\source\ C:\DEST\ /E /V /ZB /MT:128 /R:1 /W:1 /LOG:"C:\BKUP2\THE LOG FILE.log" /NP /TEE

It copies all the files without ACL's

 

And then I run : robocopy \\source\ C:\DEST\ *.* /mir /secfix /sec

It adds the ACL's back in ... it doesn't add the original ACL 's to the problem folders but I think it 'fixes' them, the ownership changes but users should still be able to access them

 

What's more perturbing is; however I migrate the data. Once it's done If I :

* copy a random file

* delete it

* attempt to paste it ANYWHERE within the migrated folders, I get this message

"ITEM NOT FOUND : Could not find this item, This is no longer located in \\server\path , verify the items location and try again"

 

The path it references is the correct one...

[CapnPugwash]

Hmmmm....

 

If I select one file from the target & copy it using xcopy with no switches I still have the same issue :

* copy thefile

* delete it

* attempt to paste it back, I get this message

 

"ITEM NOT FOUND : Could not find this item, This is no longer located in \\server\path , verify the items location and try again"

 

The path it references is the correct one...

 

Note : I can paste it anywhere outside of the destination folder. without any problems

 

Also... If I open the properties of the file, disable inheritance, set myself as the owner & user with full control, I STILL have the behaviour above but now I see a padlock on the file icon...

 

I need to sort this out because I've got 400GB+ of files spread over two servers that need migrating!

[Steve21]

Honestly skipped a bit over some of it, but if you want to copy with security and admin rights why don't you use:

 

robocopy /B /COPYALL etc?

 

Runs with admin rights (backup operator) and copies all file info including security etc (Obviously need to put your other flags back on)

 

Steve

[CapnPugwash]

Honestly skipped a bit over some of it, but if you want to copy with security and admin rights why don't you use:

 

robocopy /B /COPYALL etc?

 

Runs with admin rights (backup operator) and copies all file info including security etc (Obviously need to put your other flags back on)

 

Steve

 

Thanks for the reply, after some investigation it turns out that the behaviour exists in the source files!

I can do everything else (create files , edit , move files etc) I just cant copy/delete/paste back into the original location .... it's not the kind of thing you do a lot of so it's probably been like this for years and no one has noticed!!

 

The source machines are Server 2003 & this behaviour exists on ALL files , even those in non shared / networked areas...

 

Oh well, it's not an xcopy / robocopy issue anyway!

[CapnPugwash]

Ha! I can't believe how dense I've been. This isn't an issue. It's just the way the clipboard works. What a dummy!