One limitation of SharePoint designer, is that it can only copy files from a library to another library in the same site. This does have a purpose, but this is isn't really an archiving solution.

The following code copying files (and metadata) from view in a library to another library in another site or site collection.

$web = Get-SPWeb "http://sp10/"

$listnamefrom="Testfrom"

$viewName="View1"

$listnameTo="TestTo"

$ver = $host | select version

if ($ver.Version.Major -gt 1) {$host.Runspace.ThreadOptions = "ReuseThread"}

if ((Get-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null)

{

Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"

}

$web = Get-SPWeb "http://sp10/"

$listnamefrom="Testfrom"

$viewName="View1"

$listnameTo="TestTo"

$list = $web.Lists[$listnamefrom]

$view = $list.Views[$viewName]

$columns=New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList

$dlist = $web.Lists[$listnameTo]

foreach ($col in $view.ViewFields)

{

if($col -ne "DocIcon" -and $col -ne "LinkFilename" -and $col -ne "Modified" -and

$col -ne "Editor")

{

$columns.add($col)

}

}

$items = $list.GetItems($view)

#$AllFolders = $sList.Folders

$RootFolder = $list.RootFolder

$RootItems = $RootFolder.files

foreach($RootItem in $RootItems)

{

write-host $RootItem.Name

$sBytes = $RootItem.OpenBinary()

$dFile = $dList.RootFolder.Files.Add($RootItem.Name, $sBytes, $true)

#$AllFields = $RootItem.Item.Fields | ? {!($_.sealed)}

foreach($Field in $columns)

{

$dFile.AddProperty($Field, $RootItem.Properties[$Field])

}

$dFile.Update()

write-host "Updated"

}

$web.Dispose()

write-host "Done"

#$items