Robocopy is great, but Syncback might be worth a look in this case also. IIRC it can perform md5/sha1/etc. file consistency checks after a copy, retry, etc., and is easy to configure.
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Definitely not as reliable as robocopy, in my experience. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Tigran K <tigr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> He was saying we should use just plain old copy. >> >> -T >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Matthew W. Ross <mr...@ephrataschools.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> I have never had a problem with Robocopy. It did exactly what I told it to >>> do and gave me detailed information on what it did. I could not ask for more >>> from a command line copy utility. >>> >>> I'm sensing that your Boss has a bias, perhaps due to a bad experience he >>> had previously. If so, what does _he_ recommend? >>> >>> Maybe he has some awesome software I've never heard of. (It wouldn't be >>> the first time!) >>> >>> >>> --Matt Ross >>> Ephrata School District >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Tom Miller >>> [mailto:tmil...@sfgtrust.com] >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] >>> Sent: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 >>> 09:08:33 -0800 >>> Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability >>> >>> >>> > I've used it many times for file migration moves and even for >>> > permissions >>> > copies. Just this past weekend I migrated a pretty complex old Windows >>> > 2008 >>> > server shared to Windows 2008 R2 this past weekend. I didn't copy >>> > permissions since they were a mess. >>> > >>> > The only errors I've seen were my own, usually syntax or spelling. >>> > >>> > What are you trying to do? >>> > >>> > From: Tigran K [mailto:tigr...@gmail.com] >>> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 11:34 AM >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > Subject: Robocopy reliability >>> > >>> > Having a discussion with the boss on how we should do something I >>> > suggested >>> > robocopy. His reply was a strict "NO". Reasoning was that it's not >>> > reliable. >>> > He said "I've seen it break". >>> > >>> > So my question is have you seen it break? Is robocopy any more or less >>> > reliable than built in copy? I did point out that robocopy is built in >>> > to >>> > windows as well at least for Windows7. Didn't seem to help. >>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
