Environment
Novell File Management Suite Dynamic File Services
Situation
Novell Dynamic File Services v2.1, Dealing with duplicate files on a Pair
See: https:////www.novell.com/documentation/dynamic_file_services/dynamic_admin_win/data/dupfiles.html
See: https:////www.novell.com/documentation/dynamic_file_services/dynamic_admin_win/data/dupfiles.html
Resolution
See:
https://www.novell.com/documentation/dynamic_file_services/dynamic_admin_win/data/pairdupfiles.html
and
https://www.novell.com/documentation/dynamic_file_services/dynamic_commands_win/data/syncpair.html
To identify duplicate files
At a Command Prompt run :
baseSrcPath
srcCreateTime
srcChangedTime
srcFileLength
baseDstPath
dstCreateTime
dstChangedTime
dstFileLength
Create a Header in column "J" name "Different"
In Column "J" paste the following formula"
"=IF(E2=I2, 0, 1)"
The formula will compare the srcFileLenght with dstFileLenght, if they are the same Length then "0" will be displayed. If different "1" will be displayed.
Use this information along with FileName, Path(s), CreateTimes(s), ChangeTimes(s) to determine which of the two files to keep.
Note: The Merged View will present the file on the Primary to the user. The file on the secondary will not be visible.
https://www.novell.com/documentation/dynamic_file_services/dynamic_admin_win/data/pairdupfiles.html
and
https://www.novell.com/documentation/dynamic_file_services/dynamic_commands_win/data/syncpair.html
To identify duplicate files
At a Command Prompt run :
DswPairCheck.exe -pair="MyPair" -files -csv="myCsvReportName"Filename
Open "myCsvReportName"
The file will have the following columns:
baseSrcPath
srcCreateTime
srcChangedTime
srcFileLength
baseDstPath
dstCreateTime
dstChangedTime
dstFileLength
Create a Header in column "J" name "Different"
In Column "J" paste the following formula"
"=IF(E2=I2, 0, 1)"
The formula will compare the srcFileLenght with dstFileLenght, if they are the same Length then "0" will be displayed. If different "1" will be displayed.
Use this information along with FileName, Path(s), CreateTimes(s), ChangeTimes(s) to determine which of the two files to keep.
Note: The Merged View will present the file on the Primary to the user. The file on the secondary will not be visible.
Cause
- Merged View is Broken
- Users have direct access to the secondary, bypassing the Merged View.
- Administrator copied files via Windows Explore to both locations (Primary/Secondary)