If you copied the files, you are also losing the file permissions.
You can download robocopy from Microsoft, or use xcopy from
a win2003 or XP machine. (I don't think that the Win2K version copied
security) 
Be sure to read the help files, both Xcopy and Robocopy need 
to be used with switches to do what you want.

Or, test your restore procedures and restore the data to the
new drive.

Doug Thorneycroft
Systems Analyst
Computer Technology Section
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
(562) 699-7411 Ext. 1058
FAX (562) 699-6756
dthorneycroft AT lacsd DOT org



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Mike H. Wiederkehr/AT-Austin/3M/US
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:23 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: file creation date problem


I am getting ready to move about 1 TB of data from one SAN environment to
another SAN. When I copy the data from the old SAN to the new SAN, the
creation date is set to the current date, which forces a new full backup
of all the data. Does anyone know of a way to copy the data, and force the
O/S to keep the original creation date? I am running WIN2000 on the client
and the server. The TSM client is at 5.5.1.6, and the TSM server is at
5.5.2.01.

Thanks,

Mike Wiederkehr
3M Electro & Communications Market, Austin IT
145-2S-04
(512) 984-3297
hmwiederkehr AT mmm DOT com