Weekly Admin and Synchronization

Weekly Admin can be configured to run automatically, once a week, based on the specification in the DS-Client Configuration - Parameters Tab (see “Configuring the parameter settings”).

The Weekly Admin performs all the tasks of a Daily Admin, and also performs a synchronization of backup sets. The type of synchronization depends on how the Weekly Admin is run. See “Synchronization during Scheduled Weekly Admin” and “Synchronization during On-Demand Weekly Admin”.

The following backup set synchronizations can be performed by the Weekly Admin process:

• Normal: Compare and update where necessary, the DS-Client backup log (database) with the DS-System's Online storage information.

• Check only (On-Demand only): Perform only a check of the synchronization between the DS-Client's backup log and the DS-System's Online storage. This will only identify whether inconsistencies exist (i.e. no corrective action will be taken.).

• DS-System based (On-Demand only): Update the entire DS-Client backup log with the DS-System's Online storage information.

Scheduled Weekly Admin performs a “normal” synchronization on any backup sets that have already been marked “Out of Sync”. In addition, Windows DS-Client will perform “normal” synchronization on a backup set if it detects any database inconsistencies that might cause it to be “Out of Sync”.

If you want the scheduled Weekly Admin to perform the synchronization on all the backup sets, you must configure the AdminSkipSync parameter in the DS-Client Advanced configuration options (see “Configuring the advanced settings”).

On-Demand Weekly Admin can be setup from Setup > System Activities > Weekly Admin: Run Now (see “Running administrative processes on demand”). This opens the Weekly Admin Options screen.

The default is to synchronize all backup sets with a “normal” synchronization. You can also select how many simultaneous synchronizations to run.

• Weekly Admin performs a normal synchronization on any backup sets that have already been marked Out of Sync.

• In addition, Windows DS-Client will perform normal synchronization on a backup set if it detects any database inconsistencies that might cause it to be Out of Sync.

If Weekly Admin was run specifically to provide you with a DS-Client database backup that you intend to recover immediately, and you notice that the Weekly Admin performed synchronization on any backup sets, you should run the Weekly Admin again to obtain the latest and most accurate backup of the DS-Client databases. This will prevent you from having to go through the synchronization process again after the database is recovered.