[THIN] Re: Mobility Solution
- From: "Bruce Jarrett-Norton" <bjarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:44:22 -0400
Briefcase was for Windows 98. In WIn2k and above you set up a drive
mapped to a server location and set that drive for offline use. For
example we take the users file location on the server and map it to the
j: drive. Then we set the j: for offline use and then redirect their
local my documents to that j: drive. So the use only needs to worry
about working in my documents when they are in citrix or offline. With
offline folders when the user logs of it checks all their files and
makes a "local" cached copy for them. In other words their j: drive is
still active offline as a virtual cached drive. If they change any
files there when they log back into the network it updates the server
copy and they are good to go. The only problem is that we want the
laptop users to use citrix when in the office and only use their local
programs when offline. The reason is that when online it pulls the
documents form the server taking up bandwidth. The main issue that we
finally resolved is what about their outlook. They needed it opened
locally so that it would sync and be ready to go when they are offline.
Since we use published apps what we did what have the user open their
outlook - networked profile then min. it. Then they open their citirx
program neighborhood and run all their programs for the day through
there, including outlook. This way when they log off their local
outlook is updated and since we redirect their citrix my documents to
their server file location also their local cached copy is updated. One
final note is that when setting up offline file sync you can set it up
to run on idle and we set it to go when the laptop had been idle for 30
min.. This way if the user goes to lunch and leaves their laptop on it
will do a sync then so the end of the day sync works.
Bruce Jarrett-Norton
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
http://thin.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:33 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Mobility Solution
Isn't that what briefcase was designed to do? Have a look at
the freeware utility Syncback http://www.2brightsparks.com/index.html
JK
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bruce Jarrett-Norton
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:17 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Mobility Solution
Are the Laptops Win 2K or above?
If so then there is file synch built right into Win2k
and above.
This is what we do when the user logs in and off the
network.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grant O'Connor
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:13 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Mobility Solution
Does anyone know of software that can
synchronise files from a laptop to a file server?
We have customers that use Citrix while at the
office, but also need the flexibility of working offline and having data
saved on their laptops.
We are currently using an ftp utility to move
files between customer sites and our network.
I have had a look at Secure Access Manger, and
that can synchronise mail to the fat client, but cannot sync files.
If I enable client mapped drives it will
increase our risk of viruses on the network.
I have also had a look at RDPFTP, but it does
not work with ICA.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Regards,
Grant O'Connor
Senior Systems Engineer
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