azcopy snapshots

Question

Hello! I am working on a project combine multiple azure file shares (different sync groups and regions) into a single azure fileshare with 1 sync folder. So far i been able to use AZcopy to get the data over but couple questions....

1. When all the data comes over it all appears to have todays date.
2. How do I get the snapshots? We dont want to lose any backup data but end the end i do want to delete those storage groups so we only have one.

Thanks!

Answer 1

@Michael Littman Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting your query here!

1. --include-after string Include only those files modified on or after the given date/time. The value should be in ISO8601 format. If no timezone is specified, the value is assumed to be in the local timezone of the machine running AzCopy. for example, 2020-08-19T15:04:00Z for a UTC time, or 2020-08-19 for midnight (00:00) in the local timezone. As at AzCopy 10.5, this flag applies only to files, not folders, so folder properties won't be copied when using this flag with --preserve-smb-info or --preserve-permissions.

--include-before string Include only those files modified before or on the given date/time. The value should be in ISO8601 format. If no timezone is specified, the value is assumed to be in the local timezone of the machine running AzCopy. E.g. 2020-08-19T15:04:00Z for a UTC time, or 2020-08-19 for midnight (00:00) in the local timezone. As of AzCopy 10.7, this flag applies only to files, not folders, so folder properties won't be copied when using this flag with --preserve-smb-info or --preserve-permissions.

For more information, refer to this article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-ref-azcopy-copy

You can also use robocopy tool( you need to use the /COPY and /DCOPY options to preserve the timestamps)

AzCopy vs. RoboCopy

2. You can use Azure Data share offers snapshot-based sharing and in-place sharing.

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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