Bad title - but let me explain further.
We have a rather old file server that needs replacing (Server 2008). It's no longer under warranty and houses a vast percentage of the company's data.
Let's just call this machine "server1".
We effectively need to setup a new server and get all of the data copied across to it and then rename the server so that the new one is also called "server1".
There is a lot of data to copy and permissions need to be retained.
Speaking to my Linux administrator he tells me there is something called "Rsync" that would allow me to in effect sync up the data over the 2 servers over a period of time. Then I'd choose a cut-off time, down the old server, rename the new one and off we go.
Does anything similar exist for the Windows world to make sure that permissions are retained?
Any suggestions on the fight tools for this job?
Cheers.
We have a rather old file server that needs replacing (Server 2008). It's no longer under warranty and houses a vast percentage of the company's data.
Let's just call this machine "server1".
We effectively need to setup a new server and get all of the data copied across to it and then rename the server so that the new one is also called "server1".
There is a lot of data to copy and permissions need to be retained.
Speaking to my Linux administrator he tells me there is something called "Rsync" that would allow me to in effect sync up the data over the 2 servers over a period of time. Then I'd choose a cut-off time, down the old server, rename the new one and off we go.
Does anything similar exist for the Windows world to make sure that permissions are retained?
Any suggestions on the fight tools for this job?
Cheers.