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Robocopy is a command line file copy utility for Windows-based operating systems.

Robocopy is a Microsoft command line file copy utility that is built into Windows Server versions 2008 R2 and newer. Examples of basic functionality include directory mirroring, copying files over a network, restartable copy and multiple exclusion/inclusion flags.

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Robocopy is moving files really slowly

I've had Robocopy running for about 24 hours now...it's moving 2.6million images across a network, and is probably less than 10% of the way through. Is there a faster way to do this?
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Copying large file with robocopy during VMWare storage vmotion

if I copy massive files via robocopy during storage vmotion then is there any negative impact ? thanks,
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Robocopy backup with date added BUT don't copy if you already have the files

I have found several posts about adding the date stamp to a backup but what I would like to do goes a bit beyond that. My situation is as follows: Weekly we do manual backups of software apps, databases, alarms, events and such. The day of the week…
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where can I learn the limitations of /LEV:n option of Robocopy command

Hey I am moving a file server to another datacenter. I use robocopy but I don't know the limits of the /LEV:nutility. Is this "n" can be 100 or something for some crazy admins? I searched but I didn't find any info about the maximum level size of…
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Robocopy in powershell

I want to copy the csv files from two different servers and then paste those files at some location on 3rd server. CSV File location on 1st server is - E:\HC_Disk\Sample\"+"DiskSpace-"+(Get-Date -format yyyyMMdd)+".csv CSV file location on 2nd…
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Move files with robocopy instead of copy

robocopy B:\Foo\ D:\890001 /MIR /COPY:DT /FFT Am using the above to copy files from A to B, however I wish to move the file not copy. How can this be done without its function being compromised?
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