Aug 07 2018 03:06 AM
Hello,
I have 500GB of data on an external disc ( X:\ ), Now I want to create another backup and copy this data from Explorer / Onedrive client to OneDrive online
How do I do this without first getting a local copy under c: \ ... user \ ...? I dont want that!!
I have marked the folder as online only but it will not work until all data is copied and I can only update the folder to online only.
My local hard drive currently has 30GB of free.
Aug 07 2018 03:38 AM
SolutionProbably overkill, it's an IT tool but I think it would do the trick, it's the SharePoint Migration Tool, certainly worth looking at for that volume of data anyway. It supports OneDrive for Business as a destination, just point it to the local folder you want to migrate. Where this may fall down though is it recommends 150 GB+ free disk space, unfortunately! You could try doing it in batches and see if that is plausible though someone else may have a better idea.
Aug 07 2018 04:11 AM
Aug 07 2018 04:56 AM
Thanks. Work like a charm.
Aug 27 2018 10:39 PM
Would you mind explaining the steps? Haven't used sharepoint migration tool before.
Aug 28 2018 05:01 AM
1. Go to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/introducing-the-sharepoint-migration-tool
2. Install
3. Login with Office365 account
4. In migration Tool. Add a task, and choose which files / folders you want to copy to OneDrive
5. Paste the URL path to your Onedrive and select directory where the files will land.
Start migrate-job!
Note! The process will save data locally during migration.
Aug 07 2018 03:38 AM
SolutionProbably overkill, it's an IT tool but I think it would do the trick, it's the SharePoint Migration Tool, certainly worth looking at for that volume of data anyway. It supports OneDrive for Business as a destination, just point it to the local folder you want to migrate. Where this may fall down though is it recommends 150 GB+ free disk space, unfortunately! You could try doing it in batches and see if that is plausible though someone else may have a better idea.