We've had much success using robocopy version 1.95 available in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit.
 
From the console of the source NT 4 or W2K server, map the Z:\ drive to the appropriate destination volume on the filer.  To avoid fragmentation, move the data in two steps -- The /CREATE switch creates a directory tree structure containing zero-length files only.  The second pass actually copies the data to the destination.  The /SEC switch preserves NTFS permissions.  Here's an example . . .
 
 PASS ONE
robocopy "F:\folderA" "Z:\Accounting_TOP\folderA" /E /SEC /CREATE /R:3 /W:1 /V /LOG:folderA1.TXT
 
 PASS TWO
robocopy "F:\folderA" "Z:\Accounting_TOP\folderA" /E /SEC /R:3 /W:1 /V /LOG:folderA2.TXT
-----Original Message-----
From: Wurster, Richard M DSTI [mailto:rick.wurster@SBCCOM.APGEA.ARMY.MIL]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:48 AM
To: 'Kitch, David'; 'Pucky, Todd M.'; toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: NT file permissions lost on shares after logout

Definitely Secure Copy (Small Wonders Software) does the job.  We migrated a Tb of data successfully last weekend using the product.

--Rick Wurster


-----Original Message-----
From: Kitch, David [mailto:dkitch@ti.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:21 AM
To: 'Pucky, Todd M.'; toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: NT file permissions lost on shares after logout

We haven't had much success copying permissions with ROBOCOPY, even on NT
and Win2K.  You might try a third party application like SECURECOPY.  You
might also compare your revision of OnTap to the bug list.

Regards,
David
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David Kitch
Strategic Development Team
ITS Design Systems - Texas Instruments
Dallas, TX  214-480-1242 dkitch@ti.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pucky, Todd M. [mailto:Puckyt@timken.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:49 AM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: NT file permissions lost on shares after logout


I am a rookie on NetApp filers so this may be an easy one for some.  I have
an F840 filer with mapped NT 4 drives.  I used ROBOCOPY.EXE to copy the data
to the NetApp box so that file permissions would be maintained.  I then went
back to my NT box and mapped a drive to the NetApp box.  Everything appeared
to be fine.  I then logged out of the NT box and logged in under a new user
ID and all of the NT file permissions were lost.  Does anyone have any
suggestions on how to maintain these permissions when admins log out. 
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Todd M. Pucky
The Timken Company
Global Information Systems
Programmer/Analyst
330.471.4583
puckyt@timken.com



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