Synchronizing files, directories, or drives

This topic describes how to synchronize files, directories, or drives. When you synchronize files, directories, or drives, you replace the contents of the target file, directory, or drive with the contents of the source file, directory, or drive.

You can synchronize a source file, directory, or drive with as many target-managed system files, directories, or drives as you choose, but you must synchronize the file, directory, or drive on each managed system individually. You cannot synchronize multiple target managed systems from a source managed system at the same time.
Attention: Files or directories that are present only in the selected files, directories, or drives on the target managed system, but are not present in the selected files, directories, or drives on the source managed system, are deleted after synchronizing.

Complete the following steps to synchronize files, directories, or drives:

  1. In the IBM® Director Console Tasks pane, drag the File Transfer task onto the managed system (the target system) to which you want to transfer files. IBM Director takes a few seconds to query the files on the source system and on the target system.
  2. In the File Transfer window, if you want the source to be identical to the target, in the Source File System pane, right-click the source; then, click Synchronize from Target. If you want the target to be identical to the source, in the Target File System pane, right-click the target; then, click Synchronize from Source.
  3. If you receive a message indicating that the selected names are different, click Yes to continue. The selected files, directories, or drives are now synchronized.

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