Secure Copy | The safe, fast, easy way to migrate data

Secure Copy by Dell

 The safe, fast, easy way to migrate data

ZeroIMPACT migration for file server data

Secure Copy is an automated solution for securely migrating data, shares, printers and more. The tool gives you the flexibility to control how data is migrated and doesn’t require the use of agents or scripts. Secure Copy enables you to quickly, safely and easily:

• Migrate data from one server to another
• Consolidate file servers
• Move data to an NAS/SAN device

Unlike native tools, Secure Copy’s architecture dramatically shortens the time it takes to complete a migration. The solution also provides intuitive reporting that empowers you to manage data migration projects at any level of complexity.

   
 Organizations frequently engage in data migration projects in order to move data to a NAS/SAN device, consolidate file servers or data from legacy systems, move files to a data warehouse, migrate domains, recover data and back up file servers. When these projects are executed correctly, the migrated data retains its file securities, permissions, shared folder rules and local group configurations. But too often, security and configurations are lost during migrations, causing confidential data to be exposed. 

Secure Copy is an automated data migration solution that easily copies files and folders, NTFS security, file shares, local users and groups and compressions settings – whether migrating to a new server, consolidating file servers or moving to a NAS/SAN solution. Now administrators and IT staff can migrate data in a shorter amount of time and run the reports necessary to effectively manage their data projects.

Benefits 

• Enhances security by reliably copying file securities and permissions

• Copies data more efficiently and minimizes production impact through flexible controls that allow      you to manage thread count, override inaccessible or locked files as well as throttle bandwidth 

• Saves time and resources by enabling you to schedule automatic migrations that occur on a                   continual basis, as well as run tasks automatically before and after a migration. Secure Copy also         speeds migrations and enhances automation with templates from pre-existing copy jobs. 

• Delivers success by providing a suite of reports, dashboards, views and logs to manage projects

Features and benefits 

Migrate – Migrate not only files, but “critical metadata that works behind the scenes,” including: files, folders, local users & groups, NTFS permissions, printers, shares, attributes, settings, ownership, updated SID history. Secure Copy also ensures that security and configurations on the target server match the source server. 

Control – Control the data migration process at “every turn,” allowing the migration to work around the end user instead of the end user working around the data migration. To mitigate the risk of network downtime, administrators can control thread count with “multithreading,” control bandwidth with “bandwidth throttling,” and overcome locked files with “administrator override.” 

Automate – Manage migrations with a “set it and forget it mentality,” while still accomplishing other IT tasks. Run migrations in multiple phases, schedule migrations, execute migrations from the command line, templatize migrations, import jobs and launch tasks pre or post migration. Secure Copy’s update utilities allow administrators to update user and file information: home paths and printers will point to the target instead of the source, eliminating the need for administrators to update individual Active Directory user accounts. 

Report – Manage data migration projects with a wide variety of reports, to ensure a job well done or catch a problem that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. Secure Copy’s reports include copied files, failed jobs, migration analyses, skipped files and easy-to-scan dashboards.