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To verify and synchronize folders
1Use Verify & Synchronize and select Include Subdirectories to ensure all underlying files and subfolders
are included in the verification and synchronization operation.
2 Right-click a folder to access a popup menu to perform quick synchronization and verification of folders
and subfolders.
Orphaned Files Check
vCenter Server Heartbeat provides the opportunity to check the system for orphaned files and either notify
the administrator or to delete the orphaned files. Orphaned files are those files in a protected set that exist on
the passive server but do not exist in the protected set on the active server in a pair.
Orphaned File Check can either delete or log files on the passive server that exist within the protected set; they
were “orphaned” because vCenter Server Heartbeat was not running when content changes were made on the
active server.
Special Cases
Folder root filters
Orphaned File Check will manage the entire contents of that folder (for example, D:\folder\**). This deletes
all passive files within the folder that do not exist on the active server, and includes content created only on
the passive server.
Exclusion file filters
Orphaned File Check will not delete any files excluded from the protected set by exclusion filters. This rule
safeguards users and applications.
Filters for files, file types, or other wildcards
Orphaned File Check is not managing the contents of the folder (for example, D:\database\*.log), only the
selected files.
The golden rule applies; Orphaned File Check will only process files that match the filter and will not delete
files with any other extension within the folder D:\database.
Orphaned files are those files in a protected set that exist on the passive server but do not exist in the protected
set on the active server in a pair.
Prior to initiating an orphaned files check, you must configure the options for actions to take in the event
orphaned files are found. By default, Orphaned Files Check is configured to delete orphaned files. Should you
want to log the files presence, follow the steps below.
To Configure Orphaned Files Check options
1 Navigate to the Data: Replication page and click on the Configure button.
2 Select the Orphaned Files tab.
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OTE Golden Rule: Orphaned File Check does not delete files on the passive server if there is no file filter to
include the content as this would be unsafe.