Migration from Windows Server File Share to Workspace Shared Drive

[Stephen Bennett]

Hi All,

What is the best option to migrate from Windows File Shares to Workspace Shared drive?

Regards

Stephen Bennett

[Adrian Rodriguez]

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[Maj Marshall Giguere]

I suggest looking at  rclone  rclone.org

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[Matt Colwell]

I used the Google Drive app (or Backup & Sync, or whatever it's called this week).

After the Google Share was created I used robocopy to copy the files into the Google Share via the Windows Google Drive App.  Just keep an eye on the system tray icon to see when the files are all done syncing.  We have a dedicated user account that we use as the owner of all our shared drives, almost like a service account.  This helps us keep things organized.

I migrated tens of thousands of files into Google Shared drives with this method when the world shut down for COVID.

I can share some more details if interested.

[Stephen Bennett]

Hi Matt,

Thanks that seems like the best option for me.

Any info you have would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Stephen Bennett

[Stephen Bennett]

Thanks, Maj,

I will look now.

[Stephen Bennett]

Does rclone copy up the user share details?

On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 10:33:44 PM UTC+10 Marsh wrote:

[Temple Rodgers]

If you're doing heavy-duty migration the Workspace Migrate (click here) is excellent had has a lot of flexibility and it costs nothing. You'll need at least 6 Windows servers (can be virtual). I have migrated millions of files to over 100 shared drives using Workspace Migrate. I haven't used rclone though.

Temple