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Transfer all Files in Migration to Server 2003
Ok, I have just introduced a Server 2003 Domain Controller into my Server 2000 network.
It has DNS, Active Directory, I even Made it a Global Catalog Server. I've yet to Transfer FSMO roles.
Can anybody help me with pulling all the information-everything- Files, shares, exchange?, and shares, preferably intact from the 2000 machine to the new 2003 machine. I would like to eventually phase out the old dc.
I have briefly looked into robocopy, xcopy, and FSMT.~ FSMT seems to be an awesome option but only work from Server 2003 to Server 2003- no help for me. I guess maybe Im going to have to use robocopy, but I would greatly appreciate if somebody could walk me through the process. So, If there are any experts out there on how to transfer all these directories and files to the new machine, that would be great.
and if theres a different zone anybody thinks this would be better to post in-let me know
It has DNS, Active Directory, I even Made it a Global Catalog Server. I've yet to Transfer FSMO roles.
Can anybody help me with pulling all the information-everything- Files, shares, exchange?, and shares, preferably intact from the 2000 machine to the new 2003 machine. I would like to eventually phase out the old dc.
I have briefly looked into robocopy, xcopy, and FSMT.~ FSMT seems to be an awesome option but only work from Server 2003 to Server 2003- no help for me. I guess maybe Im going to have to use robocopy, but I would greatly appreciate if somebody could walk me through the process. So, If there are any experts out there on how to transfer all these directories and files to the new machine, that would be great.
and if theres a different zone anybody thinks this would be better to post in-let me know
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thanks, I think I maybe am just going to individually copy them, and in regards to exchange I found the site below. Any comments?
http://www.amset.info/exchange/migration.asp
http://www.amset.info/exchange/migration.asp
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thanks Jjcampnr, I think your solution was the best.. I decided to just do network copys and reconfigure share, permmisions etc. because the network is simplistic enough and I dont think its neccessary to use a tool like this. However, in the future I may want to experiment and I can tell you would have been great help.
Always happy to help. If you do decide to use robocopy, here's an example configuration I typically use in my scripts:
robocopy.exe" "\\Old_Server\Old_Share" "\\New_Server\New_Share" /E /Z /SEC /R:3 /W:3 /LOG+:D:\Path\To\Log_Direc
This line would copy the share on the old server to the folder "New_Share" on the new server. The switches will keep all security information (permissions) and timestamps. It will retry locked files three times with a delay of 3 seconds between each retry. All copies and errors will be logged to a text file at the path starting D:\Path\ on the server running the script. The entire path with the exception of the text file needs to exist or robocopy will start and fail/close quickly.
robocopy.exe" "\\Old_Server\Old_Share" "\\New_Server\New_Share" /E /Z /SEC /R:3 /W:3 /LOG+:D:\Path\To\Log_Direc
This line would copy the share on the old server to the folder "New_Share" on the new server. The switches will keep all security information (permissions) and timestamps. It will retry locked files three times with a delay of 3 seconds between each retry. All copies and errors will be logged to a text file at the path starting D:\Path\ on the server running the script. The entire path with the exception of the text file needs to exist or robocopy will start and fail/close quickly.
http://www.tgrmn.com/
You can set hard directories or you can use wildcard searches to pull files and folders. We move local profiles for around 200 users from one area of our NAS to another. Worked just great!
Nick
Note: Just becareful to make sure you test your transfer rules before you run them. We have also used this program to delete folders and files through wildcards deep within filesystems.