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Answered Copying of Specfic folders from a user profile to a new profile Server

  • Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:49 AM
     
     
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    Hi All,
    We are in the process of copying user profiles to a new Server but the new folder structure is different and I dont want all the folders from the old profile copied over.
    for example we want to copy data from the Path:
    \\profileS01\ctxMFMTSHome$\%USERNAME%\My Documents to their home drive located on  \\homedriveS01\Profiles\%USERNAME%\ My Documents
    \\profileS01\ctxMFMTSHome$\%USERNAME%\Desktop to go to the new Profile Server \\homedriveS01\UserData\%USERNAME%\Desktop
    \\profileS01\ctxMFMTSHome$\%USERNAME%\Favourites to go to the new Profile Server \\homedriveS01\UserData\%USERNAME%\Favourites
    \\profileS01\ctxMFMTSHome$\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook to \\homedriveS01\UserData\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\outlook
    there are a few more folders that have to be copied.

    I have to deliver this for about 1000 users. I am trying to get a script that will do this.
    any assistance is welcome.
    Thankyou in advance.
     

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  • Thursday, January 17, 2013 5:15 AM
     
     
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    Use Group Policy folder redirection.  It is efficient, automatic and works across operating system versions.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

     
  • Thursday, January 17, 2013 5:20 AM
     
     
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    We are using group Policy to redirect user profiles to the new locations.

    I have to copy the old user data here.

    The old profile Server will be decomissioned after the move.

    with robocopy I can do this on a per user basis. If I can use a text file that feeds in the list of \%USERNAME%\ that would be great but Robocopy wouldnt do it. 

    Cheers,

     
  • Thursday, January 17, 2013 5:32 AM
     
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    PowersHELL

    $accounts=cat accounts.txt
foreach($accoutn jnj $accounts){
     ROBOCOPY "\\profileS01\ctxMFMTSHome$\$account\My Documents"  "\\homedriveS01\Profiles\$account\My Documents"
}

    Add as many lines as you need in the loop.  Add any switces you need.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


     
  • Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:14 PM
     
     
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    Giving this a try now.

    Thanks for your assistance.

     
  • Friday, January 18, 2013 1:44 AM
     
     
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    Hi<o:p></o:p>

    I get the
    following error. when executing the line <o:p></o:p>

    foreach($accounts
    jnj $accounts){

    ROBOCOPY /COPYALL /SEC
    "    \\S01\ctxMFMTSHome$\$accounts\MyDocuments"
    "P:\HomeDirs\$account\My Documents"

    }<o:p></o:p>

    I ran the
    script by the line and it come up with the error shown below. It also adds all
    the names from the text file into a single line when executing the command. <o:p></o:p>



    PS P:\temp> $accounts=cat accounts.txt

    PS P:\temp> $accounts

    jpp

    qmmtest5

    SebastianS

    PS P:\temp> foreach($accounts jnj $accounts){

    Missing 'in' after variable in foreach loop.

    At line:1 char:19

    + foreach($accounts <<<< jnj $accounts){

    + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (InToken:TokenId) [],
    ParentContainsErrorRecordException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingInInForeach<o:p></o:p>


    Thanks


    • Edited by JPPhilip Friday, January 18, 2013 4:31 AM
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  • Friday, January 18, 2013 1:55 AM
     
     
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    FOREACH( $ACCOUNT IN $ACCOUNTS)

    SPELLING SPELLING SPELLING!!!

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


     
  • Friday, January 18, 2013 2:02 AM
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    That's not correct either. It should be:

    foreach ( $account in $accounts ) {

    Bill

     
  • Friday, January 18, 2013 2:55 AM
     
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    That's not correct either. It should be:

    foreach ( $account in $accounts ) {

    Bill


    Good catch - I fixed it - thanks.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • Marked As Answer by JPPhilip Friday, January 18, 2013 4:18 AM
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  • Friday, January 18, 2013 3:45 AM
     
     
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    Thanks Guys, I am almost there

    I got it to work for one line, but it does not work when I have more than one line. It does not work as expected. It copies data across all the users

    but stops executing after the first line.

    $accounts=cat accounts.txt

    foreach ($accounts in $accounts)

         { ROBOCOPY /COPYALL /SEC "\\S01\ctxMFMTSHome$\$accounts\My Documents" "P:\HomeDirs\$account\My Documents" }

              { ROBOCOPY /COPYALL /SEC "\\S01\ctxMFMTSHome$\$accounts\Desktop" "P:\UserData\$account\Desktop" }

            { ROBOCOPY /COPYALL /SEC "\\S01\ctxMFMTSHome$\$accounts\Favourites" "P:\HomeDirs\$account\Favourites" }

     ROBOCOPY /COPYALL /SEC "\\S01\ctxMFMTSHome$\$accounts\Desktop" "P:\UserData\$account\Desktop"

     ROBOCOPY /COPYALL /SEC "\\S01\ctxMFMTSHome$\$accounts\Favourites" "P:\HomeDirs\$account\Favourites"


    • Edited by JPPhilip Friday, January 18, 2013 4:32 AM
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  • Friday, January 18, 2013 3:51 AM
     
     
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    Dumping all of that to the screen is of no help.

    Please just state you problem.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

     
  • Friday, January 18, 2013 3:53 AM
     
     
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    Last time.  Look at the line:

    foreach ($accounts in $accounts)

    It is supposed to say:

    foreach ($account in $accounts)

    The difference is quite obvious.

     

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