Can I use DFS to copy files / shares?

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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?
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Sandy Wood
Orange County District Attorney
 
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)
 
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.
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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)
>
>
>
 
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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