File Migration with ROBOCOPY

Question

Hello,

I am new with file migration and I would like to know how I can migrate certain folders which are stored on a server to another from different domains using ROBOCOPY?

I am completly new on this and any help would be great.

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

Hi @Ed7 ,

Robocopy is a great tool for data migration, you can find all the syntaxes on the following pages:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
• https://ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

The basic command for copying files/folders is the following command:

robocopy C:\Source C:\Destination

The above command will copy all files (excluding subfolders) from C:\Source to C:\Destination.

The most commonly used command is the following:

robocopy C:\Source C:\Destination /E /COPYALL

The above command copies all NTFS ACLs, file owners, subfolders (including empty ones) and all file attributes.

I strongly suggest going through the following guide for some basics:

• The Ultimate Guide to Robocopy

If you want to copy files/folders from one domain to another domain, you will need to connect to the servers using the appropriate credentials before running the robocopy command.

One way is to first mount the drives/folders from the source and destination servers (this will require the credentials), then run the robocopy command.

For example:

net use \\SourceServer\D$ /user:Domain1\Admin1 *   
net use \\DestinationServer\D$ /user:Domain2\Admin2 *  
robocopy \\SourceServer\D$\FolderX\%3 \\DestinationServer\D$\FolderY  

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Best regards,
Leon

Answer 2

Hello @Ed7

Yes, this is possible. I would recommend the next article where the methodology has been discussed, and the Robocopy usage explained:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/a4c2bd94-822c-4b6f-9154-07985d9749fe/robocopy-permissions-issues-cross-domain-copy?forum=winserverfiles

Hope this helps with your query,

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Answer 3

Thank you very much guys. Much appreciated