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AutoSYNC Overview
HP AutoSYNC User’s Guide—522580-021
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This section gives a brief overview of AutoSYNC; a more complete description can be
found in later sections.
File Sets
AutoSYNC synchronizes Enscribe files and SQL tables between pairs of source and
destination locations. These locations are described by file set patterns, such as
$DATA.APP*.*OBJ. AutoSYNC also synchronizes HP NonStop Kernel Open System
Services (OSS) files and directories described with pathnames such as
/home/dev/mystuff/mydir/ or /home/dev/mystuff/mydir/myfile.
Each source location is on the local system. The corresponding destination location
can be on the local system, on a remote system, or on all remote systems.
Synchronization Modes
AutoSYNC operates in two modes:
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One-time synchronization: The user issues the SYNCHRONIZE command and the
synchronization is performed immediately; the results are reported to the user
making the request.
Any user can perform a one-time synchronization; synchronization processes are
started and execute under the user’s ID, which determines file access security.
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Scheduled synchronization: The user configures synchronizations through the
ADD SYNCFILESET command and AutoSYNC automatically synchronizes file
sets at specified times or intervals. Scheduled synchronizations occur
independently of other activities; results are reported to a log file.
Scheduled synchronizations require setup to authorize and administer users that
can configure them.
Single User Configuration
Any user can setup and configure AutoSYNC for his or her own use. Scheduled
synchronizations will be limited to files that can be accessed by a single user id. That
user id must have appropriate access to destination locations, on the local or the
remote systems.
Authorization and Multi-User Configuration
To perform scheduled synchronizations on behalf of multiple users, a AutoSYNC
authorizer, such as SUPER.SUPER or a group manager, must authorize AutoSYNC to
operate on behalf of those users. This authorization ensures that users only
synchronize files for which they have read access rights.