Synchronization - Folders

Every synchronization task replicates files and folders between two folders. MOVEit Central refers to these two folders as "Folder A" and "Folder B" in its configuration dialogs, previews and logs.

One-way sync tasks always replicate content from Folder A to Folder B. Two-way sync tasks always replicate content from Folder A to Folder B and from Folder B and A. Task-level replication options control this behavior; see the "Synchronization - Options" for more information.

Folder Permissions and Settings

In almost all cases, the account MOVEit Central uses to authenticate to folders used in sync tasks should enjoy the following permissions:

• Read, write, list and delete files
• Overwrite existing files (this is a separate folder-level option on MOVEit DMZ folders)
• Create and remove subfolders files (this is "Subs" permission in MOVEit DMZ)

Folder A

Synchronization task Folder A configuration dialogs feel similar to traditional task Source dialogs, but have far fewer options.

See the "Configuring Tasks - Task Elements - Source" documentation for more information about these fields. Note that sync tasks do not permit files to be selected by age; this information is part of what MOVEit Central uses internally to determine which files have changed.

Folder B

Folder B configuration dialogs have fewer active options than Folder A configuration dialogs. This is because many options, including file and folder masks, are simply copied from the Folder A configuration.

See the "Configuring Tasks - Task Elements - Source" documentation for more information about these fields. Normally the only fields that can be changed on this dialog are the "Folder" path, retry options and rescan options - all other Folder B settings mirror Folder A settings.