Newsletter: May 11, 2019

Hello all, I have been back from PTO for a part week and yet it has been a long week. But still good. I have a few things to share with you today, which I hope you like and are entertained. I also have started an article on something from my PTO that I think … Continue reading Newsletter: May 11, 2019 →

Could not copy owner or primary group

Hello all, An odd problem / solution to share today, and while I suspect no one will ever see it, I need to share it just in case. I was migrating files between Windows file server locally hosted shares to a DataGravity appliance. This should be easy as pie. But, after one share worked fine, … Continue reading Could not copy owner or primary group →

File Migration Series – Tool Update

Hello there, This was supposed to be the fun part of the File Migration Series - meaning the actual file migration. After the last part of it - which you can find here, I started to test the tool - Robocopy more, and I was not happy. While it worked, it had issues and I … Continue reading File Migration Series – Tool Update →

File Migration Series – Design and Testing

Hi everyone, We are continuing today with our File Migration Series, and we are looking at design and test in this article. You can find the series, overview, and planning articles if you want to see the other parts of this series. What we will do today is do a test copy. Meaning we will … Continue reading File Migration Series – Design and Testing →

File Migration Series – Planning

Hello all, I continue today with what I started recently - a series on moving to new storage. Sorry about the delay! This article will be about some of the specific planning you need to do. Before you start you need to answer a number of questions. Questions to think about Do I have a … Continue reading File Migration Series – Planning →

File Migration Series – Overview

Hello, As you may remember, I did exclaim lately I bought new storage. I am moving from an older QNAP (TS-459 Pro II) and EMC Iomega (PX4-300d) to a new Synology 1813 and have been talking with people lately about moving to new storage so I thought I would blog my experience of the move. … Continue reading File Migration Series – Overview →