Synchronizing ~to~ the server, not from?

[Guest justmark]

Our users currently work live off of the server for all of their

applications. Unfortunately, with the size files (e.g. autocad) they use,

our network is being cranky and they're losing their connections, resulting

in lost data. We have everybody set up with Offline files, to synch down to

their My Documents when they shut down. Additionally, we have .pst files

that we need to keep backed up.

So, here's my question: we are considering doing this backwards - work on

the live files locally and then synch them back up to the server. Basically,

we want their My Documents to synch to the server when they shut down, rather

than going the other direction, like we do now.

Any thoughts on this?

 

Thanks,

Mark

[Guest Nex6]

Re: Synchronizing ~to~ the server, not from?

 

I would think its possible,

there are many wanys to go about this. fprm a vbs/bat script that copys the

my docs, the snyc software al-la a windows rsync.

 

there is also, ifolder which may work better.

http://www.ifolder.com/index.php/IFolder_Server

 

from the FAQ:

http://www.ifolder.com/index.php/FAQ#What_is_iFolder.3F

 

 

-Nex6

 

"justmark" <justmark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Our users currently work live off of the server for all of their

> applications. Unfortunately, with the size files (e.g. autocad) they use,

> our network is being cranky and they're losing their connections,

> resulting

> in lost data. We have everybody set up with Offline files, to synch down

> to

> their My Documents when they shut down. Additionally, we have .pst files

> that we need to keep backed up.

> So, here's my question: we are considering doing this backwards - work on

> the live files locally and then synch them back up to the server.

> Basically,

> we want their My Documents to synch to the server when they shut down,

> rather

> than going the other direction, like we do now.

> Any thoughts on this?

>

> Thanks,

> Mark

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Synchronizing ~to~ the server, not from?

 

justmark <justmark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Our users currently work live off of the server for all of their

> applications. Unfortunately, with the size files (e.g. autocad) they

> use, our network is being cranky and they're losing their

> connections, resulting in lost data. We have everybody set up with

> Offline files, to synch down to their My Documents when they shut

> down. Additionally, we have .pst files that we need to keep backed

> up.

> So, here's my question: we are considering doing this backwards -

> work on the live files locally and then synch them back up to the

> server. Basically, we want their My Documents to synch to the server

> when they shut down, rather than going the other direction, like we

> do now.

> Any thoughts on this?

>

> Thanks,

> Mark

 

Not using offline files, no. That's not how it works. You could look into

third party stuff (I like SecondCopy from http://www.centered.com) or just

scripts/batch files to copy things up to the server when done.

 

I personally hate offline files - I've seen people lose data. It might make

sense for you to invest in upgrading your network infrastructure to see if

users can indeed work 'live' off the server.

 

Note also that PST files are tricky - they must stay local and can't be made

available offline - if you don't have Exchange (tsk tsk!) you might use a

simple batch file at shutdown (via group policy) that runs a robocopy

command or something.