Step 2: Job Type and Name

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Step 2: Job Type and Name

A File Synchronization job must have two or more participants.  A participant consists of an Agent and the volume/share/folder to be replicated.  The server that the Agent is installed upon is called the host (or host participant).  A File Synchronization job synchronizes the files of participants in real-time.

1.Complete the five substeps:

Participants

Storage Platform

Management Agent

Storage Information

Path

After you add a participant, it appears in the Participants table.

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2.Repeat the five substeps for each participant you want to add to the job.

3.Once you have added all the participants, click Next to specify file metadata for the job.  (Don't click Finish.)