File Sync - Across four sites

bensteel · Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

Hi There,

I am looking for a solution for a multi site network. We have one set of data that we would like to replicate across our VPN to four other locations.

Each site needs to be able to add/remove data from this set of folders - and changes need to replicate across to the other sites. I am sure the sync side of things will work fine - though I also need the ability to delete files/folders.

Thanks

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8763

No problem, if you setup ViceVersa PRO on the 4 computers with the file synchronization method, when a file is deleted on one site it will also be deleted on the other 4 sites.
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Guest · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:06 am Post subject: Synch across multiple sites

I want to do the same thing with 5 sites.

I have been doing with one installation of Vice Versa as doing multiple 2 way synchs to the other locations.
This works fine for copy but can mess up with delete.

A deletion from a site which is not the master (first synch location ) will be copied back from an other site on the following synch

If I install Vice Versa Pro at each site how do I make them communicate?
Do I set up the same multi path synch on each server and point them all to the same synchronisation database file?

Thanks

2HOffshore · Joined: 08 Jun 2015 Posts: 2

PS. Thought I was logged in after registering but wasn't. That guest post is from me

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8763

Hi, are you using separate profiles for the sync, one ore pair? See:
http://www.tgrmn.com/web/kb/item85.htm

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2HOffshore · Joined: 08 Jun 2015 Posts: 2

Thanks for your solution
I write the details of mine as a warning to other users.

I was using one profile (per required folder to be synched) with one sync database at site A that had several folder pairs comparing
sites A<>B, A<>C, A<>D, A<>E

If the deletion takes place site A, all is fine.

However as it compares all sites before making changes, a deletion in site B is only deleted at site A. At the time of comparison site A matches sites C to E
On the next scheduled run the deleted files are seen as existing in sites C to E but not in site A so are copied back 3 times!
On the third scheduled run the deleted files are copied back to site B

I shall change my set up to have a profile per synchronised pair.

That will mean I will have a lot of profiles to schedule but is better that sub folder reorganisations in any site other than site A creating chaos

Cheers

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8763

Hi, thanks, you can use VVEngine to schedule all the profiles, see:
http://www.tgrmn.com/web/vvengine/vvengine.htm
If source and target pairs are all on the same two computers, they can be grouped in one profile.
thanks
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