To modify file metadata synchronization settings:
1.Select when to replicate metadata (one or both options):
•Real-time synchronization: Metadata changes (Owner, DACL, SACL) will be synchronized with the target host as they occur.
•Initial scan synchronization: Metadata will be synchronized during the initial scan.
2.Confirm metadata synchronization.
If you selected either option, click OK in the confirmation message.
3.Prevent corrupted or blank metadata from propagating (optional):
•Select Enable prevention of corrupt or blank Owner or ACLs to prevent invalid ownership or ACL entries on the source or master host from being applied to any target host. The replication process will skip or correct these entries to maintain data integrity and security.
4.Select security descriptor components to be synchronized:
•Choose which components (Owner, DACL, SACL) to synchronize.
Note: To synchronize Owner or SACLs, the user that a Peer Agent service is run under on each participating host must have permission to read and write Owner and SACLs.
5.Select the master host (if applicable):
•If synchronizing metadata during the initial scan, choose a master host to resolve conflicts.
•If no master host is selected, metadata synchronization will not occur during the initial scan.
•If security descriptor components differ across participants, conflict resolution will use the master host’s permissions.
•If the file does not exist on the master host, a participant will be chosen randomly.
6.Select Enable enhanced metadata conflict resolution if you want to prevent the Peer Agent service account from being assigned as the owner of that file or folder when a metadata conflict occurs, and a file or folder is written to a target. If the Peer Agent service account were to be assigned as the owner, the user may not have permission to access the file or folder.
Note: The Peer Agent service account cannot be a local or system administrator. As described in Peer Global File Service - Environmental Requirements, the Peer agent service account should be an actual user.
7.(Optional) Enter values for one or both file reparse point data synchronization options:
•Reparse Tag Name - Enter a single numerical value. Must be either blank (if blank, reparse synchronization will be disabled) or greater than or equal to 0. The default for Symantec Enterprise Vault is 16. A value of 0 enables reparse point synchronization for all reparse file types. If you are unsure as to what value to use, then contact Peer Software Support, or you can use a value of 0 if you are sure that you are only utilizing one vendor's reparse point functionality.
•Reparse Master Host - Select a master host. If a master host is selected, then when the last modified times and file sizes match on all hosts, but the file reparse attribute differs (e.g., archived/offline versus unarchived on file server), then the file reparse data will be synchronized to match the file located on the master host. For Enterprise Vault, this should be the server where you run the archiving task on. If the value is left blank, then no reparse data synchronization will be performed, and the files will be left in their current state.
Note: Use this option only if you are utilizing archiving or hierarchical storage solutions that make use of NTFS file reparse points to access data in a remote location, such as Symantec's Enterprise Vault. Enabling this option allows synchronization of a file's reparse data, and not the actual offline content, to target hosts, and prevents the offline file from being recalled from the remote storage device.
8.(Optional) Select the Enable transfer of file Alternate Data Stream (ADS) checkbox.
If enabled, Alternate Data Streams (ADS) of updated files will be transferred to the corresponding files on target participants as a post process of the normal file synchronization.
Known limitation: ADS information is transferred only when a modification on the actual file itself is detected. ADS will not be compared between participants. The updated file’s ADS will be applied to the corresponding files on target participants.
Note: The Alternate Data Stream Transfer option is not available if the job is using Edge Caching.
9.In the File Timestamps Transfer section, select one or both options:
•Use source create time: Enable this option if you want to preserve the create time (or creation timestamp) of the source file during the transfer process. Enabling this option ensures that the destination file retains the same create time as the source file after the transfer is complete.
•Use source last accessed time: Enable this option if you want to preserve the last accessed time (or access timestamp) of the source file during the transfer process. Enabling this option ensures that the destination file inherits the same last accessed time as the source file after the transfer is complete.
These timestamps are only applied during transfer operations. If the timestamps on the source change but the contents of the file remain the same, they will not be applied to the destination.
10.Click OK to close the Edit wizard or select another configuration item to modify.