Move data from NSA325v2 to NAS542

Deaconbrown
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Hello

I bought a new nas drive as my old one is falling apart.

I would like to transfer the data from my old nas to my new one without having to do it through windows explore as it takes ages.

Could someone advise on the best way to do this?

Thanks

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  • JockeSve
    JockeSve Posts: 82  Ally Member
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    https://community.zyxel.com/en/discussion/9094/nas-to-nas-synchronization

    Or maybe (I never tried this!) use the built in sync function?


  • Deaconbrown
    Deaconbrown Posts: 6  Freshman Member
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    Built-in sync function? I have not seen that
  • JockeSve
    JockeSve Posts: 82  Ally Member
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    You should find that in 'Backup Planner' tool.
    But as said, I never used/tested it.
    I used a simple RoboCopy script to copy/sync everything preserving all time and date-stamps on both folders and files as that was really important on several shares.

    Like:
    ROBOCOPY <SRC> <TGT> /E /MIR /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:DAT /MT:8 /NP

  • Deaconbrown
    Deaconbrown Posts: 6  Freshman Member
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    edited February 2022
    I have never heard of or used robocopy scripts, are they easy to follow?

    Where can I find the scripts?
  • JockeSve
    JockeSve Posts: 82  Ally Member
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    edited February 2022
    Robocopy is built in "all" Windows versions AFAIK.
    It's an extended version of standard 'COPY' command, with options for retry, logging, date management etc, etc, ...
    Easiest way to find out more is just to run 'ROBOCOPY /?|more' at CMD line, or just google for Rocopy examples. 
  • Deaconbrown
    Deaconbrown Posts: 6  Freshman Member
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    Ok I'm sure you can appreciate that I am not as technical as you think, So if someone could be a little patient and explain a few things

    I have searched google and seen loads of examples (some don't make any sense at all) So I am trying to do a test to see if I have the commands right.

    I am running cmd as admin I type robocopy /? which brings up some example commands

    It say type the following for source \\server\share\path which I took as the \\(NAS IP)\NAS542\(the folder) and then for the destination to do more or less the same but what the folder you want it to be transferred to.

    I get an error message saying ERROR : Invalid Parameter #4

    Any advice?

  • ikubuf
    ikubuf Posts: 142  Ally Member
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    As the ERROR message show up, ERROR : Invalid Parameter #4
    It seems there is some files opening or using when you do the robocopy.
    You can reference to the below article if there is ERROR message show up.
    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1073.robocopy-and-a-few-examples.aspx
  • JockeSve
    JockeSve Posts: 82  Ally Member
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    edited August 2022
    Unless You have files open for writing the "open" files shouldn't be  an issue (never were for me at least).
    The main difference I see is that I usually mount drives and use drive letters (Q:, V:, ...) instead of '\\<server>\Share'.
    Below a snip of one of my backup scripts I run manually.
    Note! 'External01' is an external USB3 drive connected to NAS542's rear USB3 and only powered on during backups.

    Backing up entire "\\NAS542\Photos" share (all files/folders), preserving all date/timestamps: 

    ===================
    rem Mount SOURCE
    net use P: \\NAS542\Photos

    rem Mount TARGET
    net use Y: \\NAS542\External01

    ROBOCOPY P:\ Y:\Photos\ /E /MIR /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:DAT /MT:8
    ===================

    No need of running as administrator...
  • JockeSve
    JockeSve Posts: 82  Ally Member
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    BTW! 
    In addition to above: 
    Account(s) used for mounting source and target has admin rights (RWX) to be able to perform full mirror copy including deletion of removed (source) files on target drive.

  • Deaconbrown
    Deaconbrown Posts: 6  Freshman Member
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    Thanks, Jockesve I will give it a try, much appreciated

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