If it fails it fails and I'll catch it tomorrow. r:1 /w:30 /c - /r:1 retires one time (default I believe is 100), I don't care to have it retrying all day because someone left a word document opened. sd preserves security, the file isn't copied if an error occurs during security settings. secforce overwrites the destination security settings with the source security settings (copies security settings). o /secforce /sd - /o copies the files owner, without this the account used for the copy will be the owner. cm md5 - checks the file content after copying using and md5 comparison of the source and destination.
#Emcopy root update#
de - Compares both file size and last modification time when deciding to update a file, updates it if either have been changed. sdd forces the target directories dates to be synchronized with the source directory. purge removes files and directories from the destination that do no exist in the source. In this case I'm coping entire drives (F: drive) from a remote server to the local server \\\F$ F:\ - Source path followed by destination path. I'll break that down in logical blocks, not necessarily how it's listed above: emcopy.exe \\\F$ F:\ /o /secforce /s /de /sd /c /r:1 /th 16 /cm md5 /purge /sdd I placed EMCopy on the server I wanted to move files to, and used the following. If you know where to download a current/new version, or even an offical link to 4.17, please comment below. While I found links and Knowlege Base articles indicating this should be in the support tools section, a search for "EMCOPY" comes up with nothing. The EMC site no longer works, everything has been moved behind Dell's support portal. Register for an account, log in, and follow the direct link. I couldn't find where on EMC's site they had the newest version, but searching the support forums I came across a direct link. This is just my recommendation and an example of how it's being used in my environment. Other people have done more in depth comparisons of the various tools. I came across a few recomendations for EMCopy 1 2 3. My requirements were that the tool had to copy security permissions for the shared folders, had to be able to copy across the network, and needed to be able to sync just deltas so we didn't have to copy hundreds of GB's every time something changed.
I started down the path of finding the best tool for the job, Googling Robocopy, XCopy, RichCopy, etc.
#Emcopy root upgrade#
Recently I was tasked with syncing some shared drives so we could upgrade a server.