Retaining Security and Sharing Permisions when Moving from one Server to another.

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Tom C.

Hello all,

I have a rather large problem, and am hoping for a solution that will not
involve a tremendous amount of time. I have a server that is going by the
way side, due to age, capacity, speed, etc. On that server, I have
approximately 3500 users' home directories (most of which have data in
them). What I need to do, is to move all the folders over to a server with
a greater amount of storage. The problem that I am having, is that I do not
know of a way to streamline this move, while keeping all Shares and Security
settings in tact. Also, since all of the folders are in sub-folders of the
"users" folder, I will need to change the entry in the user's profiles in
Active Directory. Could someone please help me to streamline this task,
otherwise it will mean weeks straight of just moving and sharing folders.

Thank you for your help,
Tom C.
 
That is, indeed, a rather large problem!

Robocopy has a couple of switches that allow you to copy security
permissions with the files... As for changing AD - sorry, I can't help you
there.
 
Thanks for the help.

Robocopy seems to be a great utility for retaining security settings when
moving from one server to another. It does not seem, however, to be able to
retain the shares created for each folder that is copied. Any other
suggestions to accomplish that?

Thanks again,
Tom C.
 
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