Possible to 2-way sync one src dir to multiple destinations?

[mwffs3]

I have a production file server and a backup server that I 2-way sync files between.

I want to transition from the current backup server to a new one. My initial thought was to set up another FFS batch job to sync with the second server, staggering the runtimes, until the new backup server is in sync at which point I would disable the original sync to the old server.

Is this advisable or is there a better way? How will the database file (sync.ffs_db) in the production/source server handle the two 2-way sync jobs? I assume the lock files will work as intended, keeping both from running at the same time.

Thanks!!

[xCSxXenon]

That should be fine. You may want to use a mirror sync until the new server is up-to-date, then switch to two-way. This way it will end up identical to the old server and can integrate seamlessly.

[Plerry]

Regarding the ffs_db file(s):
viewtopic.php?t=7303&p=24491#p24491

But, why would you run a two-way sync with your backup server?
That only makes sense if you are creating, deleting or modifying files at the backup side.
Simply run a file-server => backup-server Mirror sync
(or Update sync, if you like to retain files deleted from the file-server side at the backup side)

[mwffs3]

Great suggestion to use a mirror initially, I will do that.

Regarding why to 2-way sync with the backup server, the backup is also the failover server (using DFS) - if the primary server fails the backup will take over as the active file server and so could potentially have changes to sync back when the primary server returns.

Also, thanks for the pointer to the database file info.

Appreciate the replies!