Migrate file server Windows Server 2008 SP2 to Windows Server 2019 with ROBOCOPY

Marcus Wong Theen Nam 1,111

Hi,

Would like to know is it possible to migrate file server from windows server 2008 SP2 to Windows Server 2019 using Robocopy? Any limitations due to the Windows server version or we need to migrate to a middle version first like Windows Server 2016/2012 R2?

Thank you.

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Leon Laude 85,781 Reputation points

2021-07-22T08:29:17.747+00:00

Hi @Marcus Wong Theen Nam ,

Yes it's fully possible to migrate your fileservers using Robocopy, most switches should work on Windows Server 2008 SP2 so you should be able to migrate directly to a Windows Server 2019 server, there's no need to migrate first to a Windows Server 2012 R2/2016 server.

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Marcus Wong Theen Nam 1,111 Reputation points

2021-07-22T08:51:28.197+00:00

My old file server is windows server 2008 SP2 instead of 2008 R2. So can I still migrate it?

Leon Laude 85,781 Reputation points

2021-07-22T08:52:44.017+00:00

Yes it should still be all good.

Marcus Wong Theen Nam 1,111 Reputation points

2021-07-22T08:56:54.983+00:00

alright, by the way there is also another concern where the file shares contain local groups assignment. May I know if robocopy able to migrate the local group as well? Or I have to use Storage Migration Services to do this?

Leon Laude 85,781 Reputation points

2021-07-22T17:02:47.12+00:00

Robocopy won’t copy any users/groups.

You can also use Storage Migration Service tool to migrate local users and groups to the new server, it supports from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2019.

Storage Migration Service overview
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/overview

Marcus Wong Theen Nam 1,111 Reputation points

2021-07-23T08:05:12.7+00:00

Have just tried with storage migration services in the lab but one thing weird here is that the local groups were created in destination server but those migrated folder permission still showing the local group SID of source server. Can't access to the shared folder using account that is belong to the local group of destination server until I manually remove the "SID" permission from folder and re-add the local group in new server into the shared folder ACL
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Yuhan Deng 3,766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-07-23T07:00:58.013+00:00

Hi Marcus，
Please note that if you want to migrate file server from windows server 2008 SP2 to windows server 2019，you will probably need to do it version by version:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/deploy/migrate-cluster-new-hardware

Thanks for your understanding,
Best regards,
Danny

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Marcus Wong Theen Nam 1,111 Reputation points

2021-07-23T08:02:38.813+00:00

Hi @Yuhan Deng

Just wondering whether this is related to shared folder migration as I'm going to migrate only the shared folders from windows server 2008 sp2 to new windows server 2019 standard VM under the same ESXi host instead of moving to azure stack hci.

Yuhan Deng 3,766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-07-23T08:08:59.92+00:00

Hi Marcus,
Sorry for the huge mistake. Maybe this would help：
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/migrate-data

Thanks for your time.
Best regards,
Danny
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Yuhan Deng 3,766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-07-26T01:52:02.477+00:00

Hi Marcus,
Hope this will help:
https://www.slashadmin.co.uk/windows-server-file-migration-service-guide/
Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.

Thanks for your time.
Best regards,
Danny
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