You cannot create a Job within a Job, also known as nested or nesting Jobs. If you want to make it easier for users to access subfolders, you can make several separate Jobs pointing to each folder instead of one big Job.
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To create a new WAFS or Backup (CDP) Job between computers, you start by clicking Create a new "x" Job on the Agent menu, where "x" is the type of Job, WAFS or Backup (CDP). You should do this at the computer where the source or master data is stored. If none of the computers has the data yet, it does not matter where you start.
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You cannot create a Job within a Job, also known as nested or nesting Jobs. If you want to make it easier for users to access subfolders, you can make several separate Jobs pointing to each folder instead of one big Job. |
Once you create the new Job, you add other computers and their Agents to the Job. You do not have to do this for backup; the Server is your vault .
An Agent should be installed on each computer/Server from which the data will be accessed, usually one Server per site.
Think of each Job as an independent link between the Agents and the Server, in a hub-and-spoke topology. Each Job ensures your Agents are part of a WAFS. You can have up to 60 Jobs per Agent and multiple Agents per Server.
The Server operates under the credentials of SYSTEM account, and therefore every file and sub-folder must allow full control to SYSTEM. Before selecting a folder with data, you may want to ensure that all files and sub-folders have ACL security allowing full access to SYSTEM. The Server runs a check on a sample of files to see if the files have full SYSTEM rights. If they do not, it offers to add SYSTEM access to every file and folder.
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On Windows 2008/Vista, WAFS/CDP runs as an application; therefore, the user account running the application must also have full control to all files and folders within the Job's dataset. |
Using the procedure below, create the Job using the Agent on the computer that contains the data.
To create a new Job
Do one of the following:
If you have no Jobs defined or have unlinked from all Jobs, a dialog box appears automatically when the Agent starts in which you must specify the initial source of the data (whether this is a brand new Job or if the Agent will pull data that is already being replicated from another Agent), then click Next.
On the Windows system tray, click the Agent 
icon, then click Create a new WAFS or Mirror Job, to specify the local NTFS folder that contains the data that will be shared between several computers.
On the Windows system tray, click the Agent icon, then click Create a New File Backup Job, to specify the folder that contains the data to be backed-up. Once specified, the data is uploaded to the Server's vault, and any changes made to the data, such as by copying, deleting, or editing information, is sent to the Server. This transfer is byte level/compressed, so traffic is negligible.
The Select a folder dialog box appears.
Click Browse to specify the folder that you will link to the Job, then click Next. The Create a New Availl Job dialog box appears.
In the Server area, specify the IP address and port (if not port 80) of the Server computer.
In the Job's name area, specify a name for the Job or leave the default of the folder's name.
Click Next. The unmonitored data access options appear.
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.
Click Next. The offline Agent options appear.
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.
Click Next. The Job Summary appears.
(Optional) To specify file types to exclude or include, click Edit Filters (or Set up Filter). Refer to Filtering Jobs for details of defining filters.
Click Link to Job. A message appears reminding 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.
Click OK. The folder is linked to the Job and a verification message appears.