Hello *,
we have a NetApp working as a CIFS-Filer. A collegue wants to move about 6 TB of data in the directory scruture one level up within the same volume.
Using the filer with a LUN as a block device would work like this. A normal windows Server also can move data in between the same drive letter without copying it - just in a scond.
But the NetApp has no solution I know so far to make a move when it works itwself as a CIFS filer. And even worse it does not only cost disk space because it copies and deletes afterwards, but also all the 6 TB data move over the LAN.
Is there something like a move in advanced mode or any undocumented ways? Or to use NDMP copy in such a way?
thanks a lot in advance
This should work. I'm not a Windows expert, but perhaps you can do it in a DOS window with "move" or "rename".
Are you moving the data across qtrees? In this case, you are stuck with copy-then-delete. Of course, you can cut down on the total disk space required by moving the 6T in smaller pieces.
Steve Losen scl@virginia.edu phone: 434-924-0640
University of Virginia ITC Unix Support
This should work. I'm not a Windows expert, but perhaps you can do it in a DOS window with "move" or "rename".
Are you moving the data across qtrees? In this case, you are stuck with copy-then-delete. Of course, you can cut down on the total disk space required by moving the 6T in smaller pieces.
Hi Stephen,
I want to move the data between subdirectories in the same qtree, volume, directory. On a windows server a move between different drive letters results in a copy+delete chain. But a move in the same drive letter results in not copying any data block. That´s what I wanted.
And even more, between drive letters the data would gain the security of the target drive letter, as ist is true for a copy in the same drive letter. But a move in the same drive letter does noch touch the data and does not touch the ACLs.
Kind regards Knut
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Stephen C. Losen