Azure file share Robocopy batch file scripting

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Azure file share Robocopy batch file scripting

sanghoonyang@microsoft.com 0

Hello,

I'm trying to write a windows batch script for robocopying one azure file share to another on every midnight.

I succeed to run below command manually by executing on powershell, but it always fail with batch file using Task scheduler.

I tried cmd.exe to add credentials and also tried net use for input the user and password but it doesn't work.

Can anyone give me some advice?

Batch Script

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@ECHO OFF

robocopy "\Source.file.core.windows.net\attachment" "\target.file.core.windows.net\attachment" /mt /E /mir /COPYALL /ZB /r:2 /w:1 /LOG+:C:\Users\gw_admin\Desktop\RobocopyBackup_mir.log

#msg * "==%date% %time% Robocpy sync Complete=="

exit

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Log Errors

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   ROBOCOPY     ::     Robust File Copy for Windows                              
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Started : 2023 10 17   1:53:44
   Source = \\Source.file.core.windows.net\attachment\
     Dest = \\Target.file.core.windows.net\attachment\

    Files : *.*
	    
  Options : *.* /S /E /COPYALL /PURGE /MIR /ZB /IM /MT:8 /R:2 /W:1 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE : Security may not be copied - Destination might not support persistent ACLs.

2023/10/17 13:53:44 ERROR 1326 (0x0000052E) Creating Destination Directory \\Target.file.core.windows.net\attachment\
The user name or password is incorrect.

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Thomas Hartl 75

Hello,

to copy files between Azure file shares I'd recommend using the tool "azcopy". Depending on the configuration and size of your Azure file shares, you could use "azcopy sync" or "azcopy copy" (if you need to use --delete-destination on large file shares), using SAS authentication.

The following example would copy all changed files, based on their "last modified" date, from the source to the destination directory and remove files that no longer exist in the source directory:

azcopy sync 'https://<source-storage-account-name>.file.core.windows.net/attachment<SAS-token>' 'https://<destination-storage-account-name>.file.core.windows.net/attachment<SAS-token>' --recursive --delete-destination=true

You can find further examples in Microsofts AzCopy documentation: Use AzCopy with Files > Synchronize files

sanghoonyang@microsoft.com 0 Reputation points

2023-10-17T07:30:40.97+00:00

Hi Thomas, Thank you for answer.

I'm also using Azcopy and I know this is best practice for syncing two storage accounts.

But I need to use Robocopy for now for some reason, can you give advice or solution for my question?
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2023-10-18T05:18:04.4733333+00:00

@sanghoonyang@microsoft.com Firstly, Apologies for the delay, response I am checking on this thread
I assume you have referred to this article : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-migration-robocopy
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2023-10-19T06:49:25.29+00:00

Sure, I'll be wating for answer :)
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2023-10-25T15:29:37.1966667+00:00

@sanghoonyang@microsoft.com It looks like the robocopy command is correct. As you said it works when he runs it. But when Task Scheduler runs it, there's a permissions issue when creating the destination directory.

This might be what's going on: Windows Task Scheduler does not have permissions to the mounted Azure file share drive. Only the user account that is used to run the task has the access permission to the share folder. To give the task permission to access the network share, you need to change the account the task will run under to a user that has permissions to the network share. You can do that using the “When running this task run as” option. You’ll also have to set the “Run whether user is logged on or not” if that user won’t actually be logging into the system.

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