Synchronization Tools
The license server provides these two tools to perform the offline synchronization operations.
| • | “serverofflinesynctool.bat” (or “serverofflinesynctool.sh”) |
| • | “backofficeofflinesynctool.bat” (or “backofficeofflinesynctool.sh”) |
“serverofflinesynctool.bat” (or “serverofflinesynctool.sh”)
This utility downloads the client records to be synced to the back office to a temporary storage location on (or accessible by) the device that has direct internet access to the back office. It is also used to upload and process the synchronization acknowledgment sent by the back office, purge old downloaded records, and force a download of all synchronization records when necessary.
If administrative security is enabled for the license server, the utility command (shown in the steps that follow) must include an -authorize option to specify the credentials needed to run the utility, as shown:
serverofflinesynctool.bat -authorize name password -url http://licenseServerHostName:port/api/1.0/...
For more information about administrative security and setting up authorization credentials, see Managing Administrative Security on a Local License Server or CLS Instance in the Getting Started
“backofficeofflinesynctool.bat” (or “backofficeofflinesynctool.sh”)
This utility uploads the client records to be synchronized from the temporary location to the back office. It also receives and saves the synchronization acknowledgment received from back office.
Note:As an alternative to the backofficeofflinesynctool, you can also synchronize the records to the back office using the Upload synchronization history option in FlexNet Operations. For more information, see Uploading Synchronization History in the FlexNet Operations User Guide (available on the Revenera Product Documentation site).