Hi, I have the strange problem with robocopy. I tried move files from one server to another by: robocopy \\sharepoint1\common\ \\sharepoint2\common2 /mir /sec and all my data on common2 was deleted!!! I don't understand why.... and how fix it and restore my data?

Hi, With the /mir option, if the destination directory exists, the destination directory security settings are overwritten but this doesn't delete the data. Please check the event logs for more details. If You have the same data in \\sharepoint1\common\ you can use the \copyall switch Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

You must be very cautious with the /mir option. For instance if the source folder become empty for some reason, so will the destination folder. To restore, you'll have to go back to your last backup. as a general note...Robocopy'ing shouldn't be a substitute for backup. Visit anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.

Hi Joanna, Whether the data on Sharepoint1 server still exists? If no, then you will have to try restore (if there is any backup) or revert (if any VSS snapshot). If the data are not backup, then you will have to contact data recovery group or use such program to restore data from disk. This is not free. Bofore that, make sure data is really deleted Sharepoint2 server. Whether it is caused by security (and ABE), as permission for your current account is removed, the folders are hidden instead of deleted? In addition, please recall if you run the same command for more than one time? If so, and data moved to sharepoint2 in first time, it becomes an empty folder in sharepoint1, and the second time will remove everything from sharepoint2.TechNet Subscriber Support in forum |If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com.

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