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June 5th, 2012 07:00
What tool/apps is used to migrate from Celerra to Isilon?
Eh, the question says it all.
I really dont want to use Robocopy to migrating 65TB of unstructured data... There has to be a better tool.
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dynamox
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June 5th, 2012 07:00
Yes, emcopy or robocopy. I am migrating my NS80 to Isilon right now (260TB ..yes, a lot of fun)
DHoffman2
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June 5th, 2012 07:00
sheesh..
Dynamox, how are you addressing your change rates? simply doing delta copies?
dynamox
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June 5th, 2012 07:00
yep, delta copies.
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March 26th, 2014 05:00
I'm using Robocopy in conjunction with PowerShell. We have two file servers, both with a Home folder root share, and then another root share which exists on both servers. So robocopy/emcopy on its own would have been great with just one source file server, but in my case I have to enumerate all of the subfolders in these 2 sets of root shares using PowerShell, and then for each one, launch robocopy.
I've looked at as many GUI alternatives as I can find and they all look like more work than PowerShell/robocopy combo. I think robocopy and emcopy are as good of tools as are needed in terms of performance and quality assurance, as they have switches to accommodate every need. It's just a bit of a pain to use them on their own especially for large complex jobs. Practice makes perfect though, and getting used to these (well just robocopy for me so far (it's the same thing)) makes them feel less intimidating and more reliable than at first glance.