07-21-2014 10:52 PM
Hi All,
I'm in the process of migrating the file server data content from one server to another. Using the Robocopy script below which skip the Offline attributes (eg. EV placeHolder):
robocopy.exe "\\OldFileServer\homedirs" F:\HomeDirs *.* /MIR /E /SECFIX /SEC /XA:O /XO /XJ /ZB /COPYALL /DCOPY:T /R:0 /W:0 /NP /NFL /NDL /TEE /log:"C:\robocopyUsersHomes.log"
The FSAUtility that I execute from the EV server is as follows:
FSAUtility –pm –s \\OldFileServer\homedirs -d \\NewFileServer\HomeDirs\ -f –csf
my questions is:
Thank in advance.
07-22-2014 12:49 AM
i would run one at a time starting with your robocopy so that the file folder tree is created.
as for the permissions, this is from page 163 of the Utilities.pdf in the EV documentation. i strongly recommend reading it and understanding all the requirements.
FSAUtility creates the placeholders on the destination
location and then deletes the placeholders at the source location. The migration
retains the placeholder file’s security descriptor, which contains information
about the ownership and NTFS permissions for the file. The migration also
retains any alternate data streams associated with the placeholder file.
07-22-2014 04:56 AM
ok, so in this case, there is no rollback plan when doing the FSAUtility -PM option ?
because with te Robocopy, the file can be copied not MOVED.
07-22-2014 07:46 AM
the rollback plan is to perform a restore. therefor, per the documentation i referenced:
before you migrate placeholders, make sure that you have a backup of the Directory database, the vault store databases, and the folder hierarchy under the source path. Back up the folder hierarchy under the destination path also, if it contains archived files.
07-22-2014 03:23 PM
Cool, thanks Andrew.
"Back up the folder hierarchy under the destination path also, if it contains archived files."
--No the destination drive doesn't contains any place holder at all because in the Robocopy script I exclude it to avoid the file being deflated or pulled out from the EV archive during the robocopy migration.
"and the folder hierarchy under the source path"
-- do you mean backup the whole source folder or directory content structure ?
07-22-2014 03:29 PM
i see how that might be confusing. you would want to backup the whole thing - all the folders and files.