Friday, November 2, 2012

Copy files between servers - Windows Server

Previously I have always used the windows explorer GUI on the servers to copy files between two server network shares.I started getting errors "Insufficient System Resources to complete the requested service" once I started to copy huge files(20 GB) across the network.
This happens when the paged pool memory is insufficient.You can request IT to tweak the settings to get around the problem.

Instead of the GUI copy/paste option I now use XCOPY command to transfer files from one server to another.
More about xcopy here http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx?mfr=true

Simplest form of the command is  xcopy source destination

Log on the server and bring up the cmd prompt














In the command prompt type the command  

xcopy sourceserver_folderpath destinationserver_folderpath 


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