AutoSYNC Software User's Guide (Update 17)

HP AutoSYNC User’s Guide—522580-018
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7 Synchronization Over TCP/IP
AutoSYNC supports the use of a direct TCP/IP network connection to communicate
between the source and destination AutoSYNC processes. This section describes how
to setup synchronizations over TCP/IP and how AutoSYNC establishes and manages
the connection.
The topics covered are organized as follows:
Overview
Configuring a TCP/IP connection
On both Source and Destination Systems
On the Destination System
On the Source System
.Connection Setup over TCP/IP
Note on ASYSYNCP Execute Access
Logging
Overview
AutoSYNC supports the use of a direct TCP/IP network connection to communicate
between the source and destination AutoSYNC processes. Configuration and use of
TCP/IP does not interfere with the concurrent use of Expand to synchronize files. A
single AutoSYNC installation uses both networks as requested by the user.
The advantages of TCP/IP are:

You may synchronize files between systems that have the same Expand system
name or number. Expand will not allow such systems to coexist on the same
Expand network, but two systems can be configured with identical names when
upgrading from one system to another.

Development and test systems may not be connected to the production Expand
network, but you may still wish to transfer files between them.

Direct TCP/IP connections may be more efficient than Expand connections that are
based on TCP/IP. Also, you may wish to avoid contention for the network
connections that are being used for Expand.
Configuring a TCP/IP connection
Some configuration steps are required only on source systems, other steps only on
destination systems, and others on both systems.