Robocopy Usage

copy all files and permissions

robocopy source destination /E /ZB /DCOPY:T /COPYALL /R:1 /W:1 /V /TEE /LOG:Robocopy.log

robocopy "\\servername\sharelocation" "\\newservername\newsharelocation"  /E /ZB /DCOPY:T /COPYALL /R:1 /W:1 /V /TEE /LOG:c:\logs\Robocopy.log

here’s what the switches mean:

source :: Source Directory (drive:\path or \server\share\path).

destination :: Destination Dir (drive:\path or \server\share\path).

/E :: copy subdirectories, including Empty ones.

/ZB :: use restartable mode; if access denied use Backup mode.

/DCOPY:T :: COPY Directory Timestamps.

/COPYALL :: COPY ALL file info (equivalent to /COPY:DATSOU). Copies the Data, Attributes, Timestamps, Ownser, Permissions and Auditing info

/R:n :: number of Retries on failed copies: default is 1 million but I set this to only retry once.

/W:n :: Wait time between retries: default is 30 seconds but I set this to 1 second.

/V :: produce Verbose output, showing skipped files.

/TEE :: output to console window, as well as the log file.

/LOG:file :: output status to LOG file (overwrite existing log).