robocopy /mov help

John JY 221

HI,

The files older than 12/31/2020 are needed to move the other share(windows 2012). I tried to use
robocopy souce destination /mov /minage:63 /zb /mir /mt /r:5 /w:5

the files security and ownerships are needed to keep on the destination.

Can the above command keep files security and ownership?

Thank you for your help!

Xiaowei He 9,906 Reputation points

2021-03-10T09:36:29.543+00:00

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MotoX80 34,081 Reputation points

2021-03-06T13:22:55.007+00:00
The /mir (mirror) switch conflicts with the /mov (move) switch. Try this instead.

robocopy C:\Temp\src C:\Temp\dest /mov /e /minage:63 /zb /COPY:DATSO /r:5 /w:5 /l

The /l switch will perform a "whatif" operation and show you what it would move, but not actually do a copy.

/e will tell robocopy to process subfolders.

Pick one subfolder and test with that first. Run it initially with the /l and review the output. Then run it without /l and verify that the files you expected to be moved were in fact moved and that the permissions look correct.

Permission inheritance on the destination folders may affect the final permissions.
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John JY 221 Reputation points

2021-03-10T17:25:37.763+00:00

Can network UNC path specified in source and destination path? also, can minage use over 1200? It seems not working if I use the following. Can you see any wrong with it? Thank you!

robocopy \server1\share1 \server1\share2 /mov /e /minage:1200 /zb /COPY:DATSO /r:5 /w:5 /l
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John JY 221 Reputation points

2021-03-10T21:38:16.627+00:00

somehow, it does not accept storage UNC paths. Can anyone help with powershell script to do the same? Thank you!
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MotoX80 34,081 Reputation points

2021-03-10T22:30:52.987+00:00

Robocopy supports UNC paths. What error do your get? Do dir commands work?

dir \\server1\share1 dir \\server1\share2

If you are copying files to different folders on the same server you should RDP to server1 and copy the files using the drive letter. That eliminates the network traffic and will run much faster.
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