Moving Drive Folders to Shared Drives

[argostrategies]

I own two organization domains for work. I am slowing migrating files and folders over to the new domain. I am the super admin on both domains but cannot move certain folders that contain files from both organizations into the shared folder. I have tried nearly every variation of admin rights and privileges to move the files over and I continue to get the error message:

I have ensured that my admin emails from both domains are managers of the shared drive and that I am Editor or Owner of all folders and files within a folder I am trying to move to the shared drive. Further, I have toggled the right permissions as suggested in the Learn More hyperlink for shared drives and migration settings. What am I missing here?  How do I move these final folders over from my old domain to the new one via Shared Drive? 

[cryptochrome]

The error message tells us that the folder you are trying to move contains files that are not owned by your organisation, e. g. someone from a different domain or personal Google accounts. And since it's more than just a hand full, you're getting this error upfront. 

You can't move files across organizations, even if you are a member of both (and owner of the files in both). Either exclude the files (by moving them elsewhere) or share the files from one org to the other. 

[argostrategies]

Hi there. Thanks for the reply. The files are shared with both of my admin emails. For example, I have a folder called Current Clients that cannot be moved to the shared drive (and generates that error message). However, the folder has been shared with both of my admin emails as at least Editor (one email is the editor and the other is owner in every file). It is still generating that error message.

[cryptochrome]

Yes. Sorry, I should have been clearer. You still can't move them, even if they are shared with you. What I meant is share the files, then create shortcuts in the other org and move those into the shared drive.

This will not really solve your problem, as the ownership of the original file still resides in the other organization, but it's a workaround.

Long story short: You can't move files between organizations, no matter what. Not with Google tools, anyways. You could use a third party cloud-to-cloud copy tool like multlcoud.com, but this has its own drawbacks. 

[icrew]

There is actually a way to move files between orgs, but it’s a bit tedious. 

What you need to do is use a Shared Drive that’s created in the destination organization (where you want the files to end up), and share that Shared Drive with the user(s) in the other org(s). Those users in the other orgs can then move the files into the shared drive, one by one, no folders. 

Hope that helps,

Ian

[StephenHind]

You need to move the files that are owned by the other organisation with an account from that organisation: that's the only way to achieve it. You will need to do this in the files and not via a folder move.