Admin Share usage/drive mapping question

[weezy6902]

Ok guys I'm stumped again on something. I have a bunch of servers that need large files moved to them from various locations on my network and I'm having some problems. I can't move these files through mapped drives effectifely as the process times out and data gets lost.

Ftp is an option but setting this up on all the servers is a bunch of overhead and opens the port which I dont want to do.

Is there any way to resume uploads from current status using a tool or client of some sort that will utilize windows shares instead of ftp?

Super kudos to who has the answers....


Thanks in advance,
Ben

 

[markdmac]

Robocopy is the way to go.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[weezy6902]

yea but wont robocopy not resume at where it left off in case the connection is broken? I am dealing with so so connectivity here so its imperative i get to resume on reconnect style uploading and downloading.

I know robocopy has a .net version and a bunch of switches and have used it before but cant find info on if it can resume after connection broken or not...


Thanks for the quick reply!


Ben

 

[PScottC]

Robocopy can be used in conjuction with the Task Scheduler and can use UNC paths instead of mapped drives. Check the /r:xx and /w:xx switches. I generally use Robocopy for any kind of large transfer because of its logging ability...

robocopy \\server1\d$\data1 \\server2\e$\data1 /e /np /v /purge /xx /r:2 /w:10 >>c:\mylog.txt

PSC

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[markdmac]

With robocopy you have the option to skip existing files if they are the same version or newer. So even if you need to restart, it is much the same as resume. If you have truly HUGE files, you should burn them to CD or DVD or tape and move that way instead of the hours it will take you over the wire.

External USB 2.0 drives are also quick solutions.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[58sniper]

You can also do mirroring, and it will include NTFS permissions as well. It's the best tool I use during migrations. In fact, I'm moving 200GB of data with it on Thursday.

Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)

 

[weezy6902]

great suggestions as the situation for me is pretty unique. I have servers all over the world moving around so getting tangible stuff like drives and dvds there is difficult at best. I will take a closer look into the myriad of switches available to use with the robocopy utility.

Thanks guys!!!

Ben