On a computer on which the Agent is installed, in the system tray, click the Agent icon 
, then click Job Properties and Options.
Click the Change Options tab. The Change Options tab allows you to control various aspects of the selected Job.
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To view the Change Options tab
On a computer on which the Agent is installed, in the system tray, click the Agent icon , then click Job Properties and Options.
Click the Change Options tab. The Change Options tab allows you to control various aspects of the selected Job.
Job Type - This is a read-only display of the Job type. Changing a Job type (which is rare) must be done from the Server.
The Master and Slave check boxes apply only to CDP. 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. If you attempt to change the Agent from a slave to a master or master to slave, the following message appears:
Click Yes to make this Agent the master (read-write) or No to leave it as the slave (read-only).
Bandwidth Throttling - Auto is selected by default. Both the upload and the download activities are performed at a relatively low priority, so that bandwidth use remains low, ensuring optimal performance for users and local applications. WAFS will automatically use the setting of Norm/Low when user activity is detected and VHigh/High only when user activity is idle. The Server sends only compressed, byte-level differences, so it does not need much bandwidth for standard operation.
Bandwidth settings have been improved in v3.7.1. There are now three settings: Low, High, and Auto. The new setting labeled Low is closest to the setting previously labeled Normal. The new High setting is closest to the previous setting VHigh, but with significant improvements. Auto behaves as it did previously, dynamically changing the throttling based on recent activities. As before, upload and download are each set separately. Due to the performance improvements in this release, ‘High’ is now the recommended setting for most users. Low is only recommended for users that have very slow network connections. Auto remains the default for both upload and download. When Auto is selected, the Agent will check the activity on regular intervals to determine whether to use high or low bandwidth. This interval can be set in the registry.
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3.6.2 |
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Normal |
Low |
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High |
High |
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VHigh |
High |
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Auto (default) |
Auto (default) |
Password - The Save check box, selected by default, saves the password so that you are not prompted for the password each time the Agent starts. If you clear the Save check box, you must type the password each time the Agent is started. Change opens the change your password dialog box to change the password for accessing the Job.
Type the current password and the new password, then click OK.
Replicated Data Access Options allows you to change the WAFS Agent replicated data access modes.
Prohibit access - Prohibits access to the replicated data when the Agent is not running.
Provide access - Allows users to access replicated data when the Agent is not running (can cause file conflicts once Agent is not running)
When disconnected from Server, provide:
Read-only access - Users cannot create or edit files and folders, but can still open them. (Recommended)
Full access - Users can continue to create or edit files and folders.
Sync Security ACLs opens the ACL Security Manager dialog box.
The ACL Security Manager allows you to replicate between Agents the Windows security settings for all files and sub-folders in the displayed linked folder.
You can select whether the current Agent is the master (ACL Source) or the slave Agent (ACL Target) that receives the data. If your replication mode is unidirectional (CDP), the direction of the ACL copy is automatically set from master to backup slave. You can select whether you want the ACLs to replicate automatically whenever they are changed on the master (Auto), or you can select Manual and click Start to replicate once. On all slave Agents, select Auto. ACL replicating in Manual mode updates the AVmgr file. The targets attempt to read the AVmgr file approximately every 30 Minutes. Manual is recommended when you have a large number of files. See Access Control Lists (ACLs) for more information.
Sync burst - The Sync burst check box, to the right of Sync Security ACLs, has nothing to do with ACLs, but is used to increase performance during searches. The Sync burst check box allows the Server to recognize multiple directory sync requests, which can degrade performance. For example, if someone is searching a large directory looking for a particular file type, if the Sync burst check box is selected, the Server does not do a synch while the directories are searched. If the Sync burst check box is not selected, the user's computer could freeze or get an error message while doing a find or search on a large group of folders, and require them to reboot their computer.
Edit Filters - Opens the Filter Editor in which you can exclude certain files, file types, or folders from being replicated.
Server Move - If the location of the Server has changed or if its port number has changed, click Server Move to relocate the Server for this Job.