Offline Files Alternative

Andyt_uk

Andyt_uk

Andyt_uk

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I'm trying to find an alternative to the dreaded Offline files feature of XP. Practically all of our users have laptops and need to work offline, so we have offline files setup to sync their home folders with their local my docs folder.

Trouble is that theres seems to be lots of problems with machines going offline when they move about, switching between wireless and wired connections. Sync'ing quite often fails as theres no easy way to exclude certain types of files (although i know you can do this with reg entries)

So, basically wondering if anyone has any alternatives that they use for this type of situation at the mo? I've started looking into SyncToy but it seems as though it could be a bit of a pain to script and deploy to everyone.

Anyone have or use any alternatives?

Cheers,
 
Offline Files drove me crazy, Synctoy sorta works but it has issues with lots of nested folders. We ended up trying out Goodsync and bought the licenses :)

No probs with folders & you can make it run completely in the background with no pop ups or anything, just a swirly chuba-chups tray icon when its running :p.

The latest version can detect a restored connection and sync right there and then. You can set it to sync @ logon/logoff and a timely schedule. The installation & configuration can be entirely scripted so you could add the batch file link into the users Runonce registry key and forget about it ;)

One downside is that you need access to the internet (proxy will do) to activate it. Only need the one key for all your installs however. Also it costs money ;)

http://www.goodsync.com/ :p
 
cheers, shall take a look and see about getting some quotes. How much were licenses when you brought them and is it one per machine?

also, anyone had any success in doing this with Synctoy or any other free alternatives?

Cheers
 
robocopy is what you want mate


can put a bat file on the desktop for each user, then they can use that to freshen the server's copy (assuming you only want them to copy from laptop to server) when they're in the office.
 
hmm, i was thinking robocopy may be ideal, maybe in a scheduled task to run every few hours and before logoff.

Currently all files are stored on the network, so it would need to copy them locally first and then just sync from local to network. Unless of course robocopy can copy 2 ways.

Will check it out somemore
 
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