Linux servers using Samba (if the orchestrator is running an updated version of Windows Server).

Failover clusters running Windows Server 2012 or later.

Servers running Windows Server 2003 or later.

In fact, Windows Storage Migration tool which can be installed inside of Windows Admin Center (WAC) tool can also migrate files from Linux machines running Samba.

How about Linux? Yes, we can, says Microsoft. Microsoft stopped maintaining those versions and phased them out so it’s time for migration. One would not imagine how many files and folders still residing on those servers are usually at risk. This was the case for Windows Server 2008 and R2 or even the earlier Server 2003 or R2 releases which are out of support for a long time. Microsoft phases out their products on regular basis. There isn’t a single environment or single tool which I’d recommend, but I rather point you to three different ways the file migrations can be done. Migrating both, and including the file’s properties and ownership is a key to succeed, and that’s why many IT technicians struggles. Permissions must be kept as well because what’s the point of migrating files when you lose the permissions.įile server and shares hosted on Microsoft Windows servers have shares permissions and NTFS permissions. Usually, the requirements are that the end user should not know that anyone migrated his/her files.

In this post we’ll try to give you some tips when you need to do share migration with files and folders, or migrate user profiles. StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL) OEM.

File share permissions report