Keeping first level folders after sync

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Keeping first level folders after sync

Postby Luc23 on Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:34 pm

Hey there! Been a long time since I posted here. I'm trying to leverage Syncovery to handle a new task.

I've got an FTP server that I want the uploaded content moved over to a different server. The profile will run every 5 minutes. My initial testing shows everything is working fine. I just have to figure out a way around this issue.
Basically content is uploaded to static folders that should remain. For example, all of the folders are names of U.S. States (Illinois, New York, etc.). I need the folders and just those folders at that level to remain after the content underneath them is moved.

Problem is that Syncovery moves everything since I can't find a way to tell it to do otherwise. This causes a problem for the FTP uploaders who then can't find the State folders that they need to upload to. Any ideas?

The only thought I have is that I might have to created separate profiles in Syncovery for every State folder that way it uses each of then as the root. That is a bit of a nightmare and unnecessarily complicated though.

Thanks in advance!
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Re: Keeping first level folders after sync

Postby superflexible on Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:49 pm

Maybe you could edit the properties of the base folders in Windows Explorer and change the Security Settings do that deleting the folder is now allowed?
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Re: Keeping first level folders after sync

Postby Luc23 on Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:05 pm

Hadn't thought of trying that. I'll give it a try and see how Syncovery deals with that scenario.

Thank you!
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Re: Keeping first level folders after sync

Postby Luc23 on Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:33 pm

Don't think I will be able to change the rights on the folders and expect it to work. But maybe I am over-thinking. I tried modifying one of the folders security settings in 2008 R2. It doesn't seem to allow me to de-select "delete" from "This folder only" without also affecting the settings in "Subfolders and files only"

The other issue is that the ExtremeSync service is running a Domain Admin. This is because it needs rights to several different folders on different servers.

So I believe I would need to find a way to remove delete rights from just this folder level without affecting any other level from even Domain Admins. I just don't think I can do that unless you have some thoughts on other ways of accomplishing this.
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