Replicate data from one location to other

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Hi, I was looking into copying data from a local drive to a shared folder via PowerShell script that will run every week via Task scheduler.

Is there anyone who can help with the PowerShell script or a VBScript?

Thanks

@Waqkas-Ahmed ,

Are you trying to copy all files from the local drive, all files from a folder on the local drive, or only certain file types?

Waqkas,

I hope all is well. There are many, many ways to do this, but the simplest approach would be to use the copy-item powershell cmdlet.

A simple script would look something like this, but to Mike's point/question, as we are not sure what you are copying, from where, and to what, you would need to modify as the situation requires:

Copy-Item -Path <put path here> -Filter <*.jpg> -Destination <put path here> –Recurse

You could use the Windows Task schedule to run as often as necessary.

Check out the following for ideas and documentation on how to use copy-item:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/copy-item?view=powershell-6

Good Luck!!

Cheers,

Adam

@Mike-Rodrick Hi, I am trying to copy a folder (which contains word docs etc..) from a local drive to a shared folder on the network. I just need to schedule this to run weekly.

@Waqkas-Ahmed,

Hey Waqkas,

Try something like this...

First, create your script to copy the files...

Get-ChildItem -Path D:\VMShare\Scripts -Recurse | `
ForEach-Object {Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination \\server01\Data}

This script will copy all files from the local path D:\VMShare\Scripts to the shared folder \server01\data.

Save that script to a local directory, like c:\Scripts

Then create a new basic scheduled task using task scheduler

1. Launch Task Scheduler
2. Create Basic Task
3. Give the task a name
4. Set your schedule/recurrence
5. For action, choose Start a program
6. For program/script, type PowerShell
7. For add arguments, put the full path and name of the script to run

This will launch PowerShell and then run the script.

Things to keep in mind:

1. Verify execution policy will allow scripts to run
2. Verify the account running the script has write permissions at the destination.

@Adam-Gordon @Mike-Rodrick Brilliant, that works. Thanks for the help.

@Mike-Rodrick I was wondering is there a way to only copy across changes made to files/folder instead of copying the whole folder when the schedule runs? For e.g. looking at the timestamp or something similar.

Thanks

@Waqkas-Ahmed ,

You can do this with PowerShell, and you know how I like to write scripts, lol. In this case however, there is an easier way. Robocopy has these type of options built-in. Why reinvent the wheel, as they say.

robocopy D:\Src D:\Dst /xo

The /xo instructs robocopy to exclude older files, in other words, only copy new or changed files.

You would still use a PowerShell script, and schedule it the same way, you would just call Robocopy from the script, rather than use PowerShell cmdlets. What do you think?

Here is a link to Robocopy syntax:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy

Here is a really nice GUI to help build a command:
http://www.tribblesoft.com/home-page/easy-robocopy/