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NTFS Alternate Data Streams migration for SMB

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Beginning with XCP 1.9.3, XCP SMB supports migration of NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS) by using the -ads option with the XCP SMB commands.

Supported use cases

You can use the XCP SMB copy and sync commands to migrate data that includes ADS, and the XCP SMB scan command to scan the SMB share for ADS.

Supported XCP SMB commands

The following XCP SMB commands support the -ads option:

  • scan

  • copy

  • verify

  • sync

Command examples

The following example commands show how to use the -ads option:

  • xcp scan -ads \\<SMB share>

  • xcp copy -ads \\<source SMB share> \\<destination SB share>

  • xcp sync -ads \\<source SMB share> \\<destination SB share>

  • xcp verify -ads \\<source SMB share> \\<destination SB share>