Merge helps you consolidate the iFolder data and minimize the data transfer between iFolder server and client. You can merge the content in an iFolder on the server with the content on an existing local machine folder content.
You can merge an iFolder and a normal folder with the same name. For example, you can merge the content of an iFolder named corporate with that of a normal folder named corporate.
Assume that the corporate iFolder has three sub folders: hr, finance, and marketing. You want to download the content of corporate iFolder to the folder named corporate, which contains only the hr and finance folders. In this case, you don’t need to download all the three folders to the corporate folder and increase the transfer rate. Instead, you can merge the corporate iFolder to the corporate folder so that the feature intelligently avoids downloading the sub folders hr and finance, and downloads only marketing sub folder. If the data in the corporate iFolder and corporate folder is different, a version conflict is displayed. You can resolve the conflicts manually. Similarly, if filename conflict is displayed, you can resolve it manually.
To merge an iFolder on the server to an existing local machine folder content:
In the iFolder browser, right-click the desired iFolder from the list of iFolders on the selected server, then select
.Browse and select the folder and click
.Now, the contents of these two folders are compared and the files that are not present in the folder is downloaded from the iFolder. The files that are not present in the iFolder, but available in the folder are uploaded.
To move an existing iFolder named corporate to a different location on the client machine:
Convert the corporate iFolder into a normal folder.
IMPORTANT:You must not delete the iFolder on the server.
For more information, see Reverting an iFolder to a Normal Folder.
Move the corporate folder to a different location.
IMPORTANT:You must not change the folder name while it is being moved.
In the iFolder browser window, select the corporate iFolder on the server, then click .
Select the corporate folder on the local machine, then click to merge the content.
NOTE:If you use Moving an iFolder, it checks for all the data in the iFolder on the server, and synchronizes all the data.Thus it increases data transferring time. In other hand, minimize the data transfer as it only merges the contents of the iFolder and the normal folder.
(instead of ), as described inFor more information on merging, see iFolder-to-Folder Merge.
You can merge a migrated 2.x iFolder with an iFolder created in iFolder 3.7 or later server. For more information on migration, see Novell iFolder Migration And Upgrade.
After migration, the 2.x iFolders are moved to the iFolder 3.7 or later server. You can choose to download the migrated iFolders on the 3.7 or later server to the client machine. However, those iFolders might already exist on the client machine. If this is the case, use the merge functionality to avoid unnecessary data transfer from server to the client.
To merge migrated 2.x iFolders with 3.7 or later iFolders,
Migrate the 2.x iFolders to the iFolder 3.7 or later server.
Convert the 2.x iFolders on the local machine to normal folders.
Select the server copy of each iFolder and click Merge to folder.
To merge the content, select the normal folder and click
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