Linking (Adding) a Folder to an Existing Job

After you create a Job, you can link to a Job at any other computer running an Agent.

• If the link is to a WAFS Job, the folder's data is fully accessible in read/write; i.e., you can modify, add, and delete data, and each Agent reflects these changes.

• If you link to a backup Job, the data from the source Server is immediately available in the specified folder in read-only or slave mode. In backup mode, there is only one master (the Agent that created the Job). Any backup Job can have any number of slave Agents, and so for a given Job you can have either point-to-point backup topology, or one-to-many content replication topology in which each slave Agent immediately reflects changes in the master.

To link to an existing Job

1. Create a new empty folder to link to the Job. It can have any name, but do not rename it or move it once you link to it.

2. On the system tray, click the Agent icon , then click Add this computer to an existing WAFS or Mirror Job. The Select a Folder dialog box appears.



3. Specify the local folder to which you want to link the Job, then click Next. The Link to an existing Availl Job dialog box appears.



4. Specify the Server to which you want to link the Job, then click Next. The unmonitored data access options appear.



5. Specify whether to Prohibit or Provide access to the replicated data when the Agent is not running. Prohibit is recommended. Refer to WAFS Agent Replicated Data Access for more information.

6. Click Next. The offline Agent options appear.



7. Specify whether to Provide read-only access or full access to the replicated data when the Agent is offline. Read-only is recommended. Refer to WAFS Agent Replicated Data Access for more information.

8. Click Next. The Job Properties page appears.



9. (Optional) To specify file types to exclude or include, click Edit Filters. Refer to Filtering Jobs for details of defining filters.

10. Click Link to Job. A message appears to remind you to verify that no user or program is using any file in the specified folder when you attempt to link the folder to a Job.

11. Click OK. The folder is linked to the Job and a verification message appears.