Guest Sandy Wood Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 We're in the process of relocating some big user and group share directories. We want to move them from one logical drive to another one, on the same server. I thought that maybe DFS could be a help in this move. It seemed that we could, say, setup a DFS root with a namespace of UsersHome. Could we specify two locations, say H:\users and J:\users and then let DFS replicate everything from H: to J: ? Would this work? -- Sandy Wood Orange County District Attorney
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Can I use DFS to copy files / shares? Sandy Wood <sandy.wood@nospam.com> wrote: > We're in the process of relocating some big user and group share > directories. We want to move them from one logical drive to another > one, on the same server. I thought that maybe DFS could be a help in > this move. > > It seemed that we could, say, setup a DFS root with a namespace of > UsersHome. Could we specify two locations, say H:\users and J:\users > and then let DFS replicate everything from H: to J: ? Would this work? I don't think so. DFS isn't meant for this purpose - and it isn't the right tool for this kind of job. I'd personally do this copy after hours, using robocopy from the resource kit. robocopy h:\users\ j:\users /e /r:1 /w:1 (for example)
Guest Sandy Wood Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Can I use DFS to copy files / shares? Thanks anyway. We've been using robocopy but it was an idea that we wanted to explore. -- Sandy Wood Orange County District Attorney "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote: > Sandy Wood <sandy.wood@nospam.com> wrote: > > We're in the process of relocating some big user and group share > > directories. We want to move them from one logical drive to another > > one, on the same server. I thought that maybe DFS could be a help in > > this move. > > > > It seemed that we could, say, setup a DFS root with a namespace of > > UsersHome. Could we specify two locations, say H:\users and J:\users > > and then let DFS replicate everything from H: to J: ? Would this work? > > I don't think so. DFS isn't meant for this purpose - and it isn't the right > tool for this kind of job. > > I'd personally do this copy after hours, using robocopy from the resource > kit. > > robocopy h:\users\ j:\users /e /r:1 /w:1 > > (for example) > > >
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Can I use DFS to copy files / shares? Sandy Wood <sandy.wood@nospam.com> wrote: > Thanks anyway. We've been using robocopy but it was an idea that we > wanted to explore. No prob. I wouldn't even try it. :-) > >> Sandy Wood <sandy.wood@nospam.com> wrote: >>> We're in the process of relocating some big user and group share >>> directories. We want to move them from one logical drive to another >>> one, on the same server. I thought that maybe DFS could be a help in >>> this move. >>> >>> It seemed that we could, say, setup a DFS root with a namespace of >>> UsersHome. Could we specify two locations, say H:\users and J:\users >>> and then let DFS replicate everything from H: to J: ? Would this >>> work? >> >> I don't think so. DFS isn't meant for this purpose - and it isn't >> the right tool for this kind of job. >> >> I'd personally do this copy after hours, using robocopy from the >> resource kit. >> >> robocopy h:\users\ j:\users /e /r:1 /w:1 >> >> (for example)
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