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Migrating old Windows Server 2012 R2 File Server into new Windows Server 2019 File server using Storage Migration Service

Hi everyone,

I need to migrate the file server, a few select folders tree structure only (from Old 2012 R2) into the new folders structure (to new 2019) without copying the convoluted permission from the old servers.

Therefore I do not want to migrate everything 1:1 since there are some folder structure and its permissions that are no longer valid or corrupted.

How can I achieve this using the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/migrate-data ?

Thank you in advance.

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Hi @EnterpriseArchitect,

You will have the option to include/exclude shares after the scan of the inventory has been completed on the source server.
If this is not enough, then I'm afraid you will have to either migrate everything using Storage Migration Service and perform a clean up later, or use another tool for migrating the data such as Robocopy.


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Leon

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Hi @LeonLaude,
Yes, it is make sense.

How about the permission?

I do not want to migrate the ACL and permission from the source old server as it is convoluted and corrupted.

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With Robocopy you have the option to copy the data with or without permissions.

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