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Sync Method Options

The File/Group tab provides access to the Sync Method options. Use these to specify how the agent detects if an open file is ready to be backed up by the backup client.

The Sync Method section contains the following options:

Write Inactivity

Selects Write Inactivity as the method to use to check if a file is in a safe state to be backed up. If no write activity occurs on a file for the number of seconds specified by the Write Inactivity Period, the agent considers the file to be in a safe state to be backed up.

If write activity does occur during this period, the agent again begins looking for a safe period for a backup, as defined by the Write Inactivity Period, until the File/Group Sync Timeout is exceeded.

For more information, see Group Synchronization.

Note: This is the only synchronization method available for Windows-based computers.

Ignore (No BAOF Operation)

Processes a file or group as though the agent were not present.

• If this option is set on a file (either a single file or a file within a group), the agent does not try to synchronize the file if it is open when the backup client tries to back it up.
• If this option is set on a group, the agent still attempts to synchronize the files in the group, but does so as if the group definition were not present. That is, if one of the files in the group cannot be synchronized, the rest of the files can still be backed up.

For example, consider a group that consists of the following files:

C:\CA ARCserve SRM\Database\index1.dat
C:\CA ARCserve SRM\Database\index2.dat
C:\CA ARCserve SRM\Database\data.dat

If you set the Ignore (No BAOF Operation) option on this group, and if index2.dat cannot be synchronized, index1.dat and data.dat are still backed up, assuming that the agent could synchronize them.

More information:

File Synchronization