Robocopy -- Overview and usage
Symptoms
Customer is trying to move a bulk number of file and the robycopyrobocopy is generating many errors.
Explanation
The Windows client that is running robycopyrobocopy needs full control permissions to the mounted destination volume.
Resolution
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Shares_with_Windows_ACLs#Setup_share_permissions
SeDiskOperatorPrivilege
- To configure share permissions, you need an account with „SeDiskOperatorPrivilege“. To grant this privilege, e. g. to the „Domain Admin“ group, run the following command on your AD member server(s):
# net rpc rights grant 'SAMDOM\Domain Admins' SeDiskOperatorPrivilege -U'SAMDOM\administrator' -I dc1.samdom.example.com
Existing privileges can be reviewed by
# net rpc rights list accounts -U'SAMDOM\administrator' -I dc1.samdom.example.com
Examples:
Examples of Microsoft's Robocopy Syntax
#1 -- To copy contents of C:\UserFolder to C:\FolderBackup:
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Robocopy.exe c:\sourceFolder d:\targetfolder /max:33553332 /l
Notes:
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C:\ robycopy /?