How to automatically move files from one server to another servers - not syncing but moving

I grok it

11/1/22, 3:11 PM

I need to securely and automatically move files from several "inboxes" on one Windows 2019 server to several "outboxes" on other Windows 2019 servers. The servers are located behind secure firewalls, thus I would like to refrain from using smb (robocopy, etc.).

I was looking at several sync tools (i.e. syncthing), but those are more about syncing than moving files.

Requirements:

Unattended move of files
Not using smb (sftp, proprietary protocol ok), must be controllable in firewall
If possible GUI for configuration and control
Logging of move operations

Any suggestions how to solve this is very welcome.

Thanks Dan

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JDS

11/1/22, 7:07 PM

A "move" is really just a "copy + delete"

Any commercial product that does a "move" is just going to do:

Copy file FROM source TO dest
Verify copy on dest
If verification passes:
- Delete source
Else:
- Exit with error
Output results of all steps to a log

These steps are all easily scriptable on any modern OS without adding any additional tools.

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mfinni

11/1/22, 3:37 PM

I worked for a company that had this as in internal workflow. We had a Perl script that would use rsync over SSH on the backend. Once the copy was complete (verification of md5 before and after copy), it would delete. Of course, it wrote a log.

You're asking for a product recommendation which is off-topic for this site, but here's a way you could do it yourself. Scripting of this sort is entirely within the realm of duties for a systems administrator.

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