[Casper] Running out of HD space on Distribution Points

[NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org]

I've noticed that too, the Automatic Sync  with the JSS utility copies
EVERYTHING in the master "CasperShare" folder to the remote distribution
points.  However, all that needs to be on remote distribution points is
/Packages and /Scripts.  So  all the Deleted Packages get rsynced out, too.
Other problem I noticed is that when I replace a file in an /Extras folder
"Mac_WinXP.ntfs" for example, it doesn't replace on the remote dist. points
because the file name is the same, even though the size and modification
date is different.  So I delete it on the master one day, wait a day or
two, then put the new one back which is then rsynced out.

Feature Request:   Can we select which folders get synced or not?   I'd
like some distribution points to get the /Packages and /Scripts  and some
distribution points to get /Packages, /Scripts and /Extras.  And can we
tell it to look at size and/or date in addition to filename?     I did get
help from JAMF support on modifying the plist at each dist. point, but that
is a pain and gets reset when you change the scheduled sync time.
This added auto-sync feature has been great for me with many distribution
points, just needs a little more to be awesome.

Thanks,


Nathaniel Lindley

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Educational Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
phone:  651-248-6861


                                                                           
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Hey guys, I'm having a bit of a critical issue.

My Master Share clocks in at about 85GB. In addition to the normal stuff in
there I also have keep 14 days worth of database backups.

I have about 12 remote Distribution points. I use remote sync on all of
them. It runs every night after I do a DB Backup, this way the sync carries
the latest backup to all the remote distribution points.

My problem is that I noticed that casper remote sync is not cleaning up
after itself after it does a sync. It is not moving deleted packages into
the deleted packages folder, but recopying the ones from the Master share
that I've deleted since the backup, leaving two copies of the same package
on the repository. Its also not deleting old database backups from the
remote distribution points either, so when I last checked my smallest
repository which has a 160GB Hard Drive in it, it was completely full.

How can I make this work?

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