Working with Folder Sync Tool

Folder Sync Tool allows you to synchronize the contents of a local folder with a folder located on Amazon Glacier.

To compare the folders

1a. Select the vault and folder you want to compare and right click on the folder and choose Compare with local folder..

Right click on the folder you want to compare and choose Compare with local folder..

To compare the vault and a local folder

1b. Right click on the vault you want to compare and choose Compare with local folder..

Right click on the vault you want to compare and choose Compare with local folder.

2. Browse For Folder dialog will open. Select the folder on your local disk and click OK.

Select the folder on your local disk and click OK.

3. Folder Sync Tool dialog will open.

The folder comparison process starts automatically.

The folder comparison process starts automatically. When it finishes, you can view New, Changed, Deleted and All files by clicking on corresponding switchers located on the right-hand side of the toolbar.

You can switch between New, Changed, Deleted and All files.

You can restart the comparison by clicking the Analyze button. To apply changes click Synchronize. If you want to stop the comparison process, click the Stop button.

Analyze, Synchronize, Stop buttons.

Folder Sync Options

To edit Folder Sync options, click the Options link located on the toolbar.

Folder Sync Options dialog will open.

Folder Sync Options dialog

You can choose which files to include in synchronization: new, changed or both new and changed.

Other options are:

Propagate deletions - if checked, files that have been deleted on the client will also be deleted on the Amazon Glacier side.

Keep old versions of changed files - If checked, FastGlacier will keep old versions of changed files. If unchecked, old files will be overwritten with the new files.

Use hashes to compare files - If checked, sha256 tree hash will be used to compare the files. This may slow down the analyze process.

Click OK to save changes or Cancel to close the dialog without saving any changes.