Real-World Scripting: Data Migration with Robocopy, Part 2

Permitting Fallback
Hardware occasionally fails, and you might need to fall back to the old system. You can use RobocopyDataMigration.bat to copy files from the new array back to the old array. That way, you can quickly revert back to the old drives yet provide current user data.

Adapting the Script
You can find RobocopyDataMigration.bat in the Code Library on the Windows Scripting Solutions Web site (http://www.winscriptingsolutions.com). Here are the steps to modify the script for your environment:

1. Configure the pathname for the log. In the line

Set LOGLOC=C:\temp

replace C:\temp with your log's pathname.

2. Configure the pathname to the resource kit, if necessary. If you've installed the NT resource kit properly, the NT resource kit created an environment variable called NTResKit. To determine whether you have this variable, type

Set

at the command line. If the variable NTResKit appears in the list of variables, you don't need to set a pathname and can skip this step. If you don't see this variable or you've installed the Win2K resource kit, you need to set a pathname. Add the line . . .