If you want to move backups from one location to another, you're going to need to make sure you have some things configured properly. Here are a few things I learned while migrating to a larger storage area for my data. It's definitely easier, arguably faster, to migrate data using ROBOCOPY. Even though you'll have more thread available to migrate data using ROBOCOPY, you're only as fast as your storage and your processing power. A big copy and paste of your data using windows won't be much … [Read more...] about Migrating VEEAM Backup Data
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Using ROBOCOPY switches for faster, more reliable data moves
For a lot of big data moves that don't require special software but need to be logged, you can us ROBOCOPY, a built in file moving command that will not only let you log the moves but also enabling a multi-threaded structure for faster moves. Use this command with the following switches for the fastest possible Robocopy without interruption: robocopy C:\Folder1 C:\Folder2 /TEE /LOG:"C:\Test\log.txt" /E /FP /R:5 /W:1 /MT:128 robocopy C:\Folder1 C:\Folder2 is the base of your script. This … [Read more...] about Using ROBOCOPY switches for faster, more reliable data moves
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