Goodsync Server Manual
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Goodsync server manual Continue In: New licensing system, or How to find a list of licenses? A: All licensing is now done through a GoodSync account. Licenses and devices are stored in a GoodSync account. Licenses are counted when you buy them (by email as your account), or you can add them by OrderID. Desktops are taken into account when you start a team on your device: Tools - GoodSync account settings. Devices (NAS) are taken into account when they start registering when they are initially set up. The license is activated on the device (assigned to the device) when the command is launched on the device: Help to activate. Devices and licenses can be viewed and maintained in the GoodSync: LOGIN HERE account. If you don't have a GoodSync account yet: CREATE IT HERE for free. You need verified email, increased security, and notifications to log in to your GoodSync account. The GoodSync account allows validation of all new devices in one time the password sent via SMS to your mobile phone. Device maintenance involves removing old and unused devices that will release their licenses. The GoodSync RealDisk Online Storage account is requested and maintained. How do I sync files between two or more computers? A: Use GoodSync Connect, a fast and efficient P2P file sync system. In: How to replace SMB (Windows Shares) or AFP (Mac Shares) with NAS on GoodSync Connect? A: Indeed, SMB became harder to use after it was attacked by ransomware and the SMB v1 was turned off. The AFP has been discontinued by Apple and now they are telling users to switch to SMB. GoodSync Connect can replace both SMB and AFP, Windows, Mac and NAS. GoodSync Connect is global, it works over the Internet, it is not limited to the local network. HOWTO: Install GoodSync on NAS with one of the GoodSync NAS installers. Set up GoodSync for NAS by introducing NAS to your web interface in the GoodSync Connect file system. Explore it with GoodSync Explorer or sync with GoodSync. In: How to recover the lost Password GoodSync Connect? A: You can't recover a lost password. But you can do a password reset. You will get a new temporary password by emailing your account. Sign in and change the temporary password to the new password of your choice. Go to every device registered in this account and change your password there using GoodSync Connect Setup. How do I change my GoodSync account password on my device? A: If The GoodSync Activation or any other service says your account password is wrong: go to Tools - GoodSync Account Setup. On your Mac: GoodSync account settings. On the NAS or Linux box: g for account and click Change next to UserID. In: How to make my GoodSync (server) computer visible to my GoodSync client? A: For a computer to appear in GoodSync Connect and become visible to GoodSync customers, you need to register your computer in Account using the GoodSync account setting up. The computer should be ON and stay awake. The computer must be online and connected to the Internet. The computer should be able to connect to the server mediator.goodsync.com, gs-server logs show what is happening. RealDisk Online Storage: What is the main advantage of RealDisk? A: Speed. This is much faster than traditional online storage (such as Google Drive or MS OneDrive), especially on small and medium-sized files. How is the data encrypted on the way to RealDisk? A: by TLS 1.2, OpenSL implementation. Same encryption as in modern browsers. A: Can my files be encrypted on holiday on the RealDisk server? A: Yes, use the encryption option on the RealDisk side, the encryption password is known only to you. How to access the RealDisk store outside of GoodSync? A: Use GoodSync Explorer. It's free and we aim to keep it free. Where is the storage server located and are they protected? A: RealDisk servers are located at the Cogent data center in Herndon, Virginia. The data center has controlled physical access and live security guards (no strangers can get in). A: Do third parties have access to my files stored on your servers? A: No. We do not index files and do not allow anyone to look at them for any purpose. Installation and deletion: Do I need to remove the old version of GoodSync before installing a new one? A: No. The new version will retain the settings and settings of the previous one. How do I back up and restore The GoodSync settings? A: The best way is to use GoodSync Ver 11 and sync the Turn ON account. Then all your jobs, groups and server accounts will be backed up to our servers and synchronized between your devices. In: How to remove GoodSync? A: Select programs/GoodSync/Uninstall in the Start menu. Follow the removal instructions. MacOS Issues: I get the error 'Operation not allowed (error 1)' What to do? A: New MacOS Catalina requires you to allow GoodSync directly to access your personal files. Go to system preferences - security and privacy - Privacy. A: Make sure your drive doesn't read just for MacOS. It's a way to make them appear writhing in SeaGate: SeaGate Drive article. Synchronization: How do I synchronize my work? Answer: It's easy: 1) Click on the job - new, and enter the name for the job. Choose a 2-way synchronization (2-way) or a backup (1-way) job type. 2) On the left side of the window, click the View button and then select the left folder you want to sync. (for backup jobs: folder from which to backup). 3) On the right side, click the View button and select the right folder you want to sync with. (for assignments copy: A TO folder that can be backed up). copying). Click the Analysis button at the bottom of the screen to show you a preview of how the files will be synchronized. 5) Press the synchronization button to complete the process. How do I back up my C drive? Answer: The correct (but perhaps unexpected) answer: You don't. Backup of the entire C drive: usually wrong, and we'll tell you why. 1. Drive C: Has a lot of Windows system files, 10GB at least. If Windows fails and needs to be reinstalled, all of these files will be remade and rewritten by the Windows installer. So you don't have to back them up. 2. Drive C: Has a lot of time files, including all that trash and cookies you took online. Maybe even some dormant viruses and malware. You want all temporary files to disappear when Windows is reinstalled, so backing them up is not only useless, but also harmful. The download sector and some download-related files cannot be backed up. Also, even if they are maintained at some low level of the disk sector, they may not be very good the next time you reinstall Windows because your computer may be physically dead by then (say, due to electrical burnout). Your new computer will require new drivers for your new hardware and old download files will be of no use. 4. Folder C: The program files contain the data and graphics files of installed programs. The folders in it are huge and not worth saving, because if you have to reinstall Windows, you have to reinstall all the programs that you installed on Windows. This will overwork all of these program files. The registry contains all the program settings and more. Unfortunately, you can't set it back too, because the registry is the first thing that gets irreparably damaged by malware and other malfunctions. So often you re-install Windows with the specific goal of getting a new non-corrupt registry. Conclusion: The only files and folders that need to be backed up are your personal files and folders that you have created, edited or purchased. Usually these files are in my documents folders. And that's what you need to back up - my documents folders and other folders that contain your personal files that you've changed or otherwise purchased. What type of data can I sync? A: Any data stored in the file can be synchronized. But GoodSync only syncs entire files and doesn't look inside the file. In: Can GoodSync sync Outlook, Outlook Express, Fast Books, Fasten, etc. data files? A: All of these apps (Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Thunderbird, Fast Books, Kwicken, ACT!) store data in the database. So (hundreds, even thousands) of logical units (such as individual email, contact, or calendar record) will be stuffed into a single database file. GoodSync does not understand the internal structure of all these database files. In this way, GoodSync can sync all the database files, but not the individual logical units stored inside those files. That's why can't sync the two database files on the left and right if both files have been changed. Not seeing the internal structure of these files GoodSync will announce the conflict, as it sees two files both of which have changed. But if the database files have only changed on one side, GoodSync can sync just fine. These are scenarios in which GoodSync can sync database files that it can't understand: one-way synchronization or backups: if only one side of the job changes, GoodSync can always extend those changes to the other side. 2-way synchronization, where each synchronization goes only one way: even a 2-way synchronization is possible if each of the synchronizations goes one way: you have folders A and B, perhaps on different computers, a) you work on the A folder, and you don't touch the B folder (don't even run the app on the B side because the apps are updating the data files even you haven't changed anything).