GS RichCopy 360 Admin Guide
GS RichCopy 360 Admin Guide
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Administrators Manual
GuruSquad
5442 Safe harbor Court
Fairfax, VA, 22032
USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (703) 868 - 9252
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Licensing
The GS RichCopy 360 follows a perpetual licensing model. A perpetual licensing model allows the
customer to install and use the software indefinitely. GS RichCopy 360 is licensed per machine, requiring
that you purchase a license for each client computer and/or device where the software is to be installed.
Other licensing options are available such as volume, site, and enterprise licensing.
Note: Licensing models such as volume, site and enterprise have to be discussed and arranged with sales
prior to purchasing GS RichCopy 360.
Disclaimer
The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed or implied, including, but not
limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will
not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any
other reason.
Support & Upgrade
GuruSquad will provide its best effort to support customers with an active subscription (e.g.,
maintenance). Only customers with an active subscription will be eligible to download the latest version
of the product to which they are licensed.
Feedback
If you encounter any problems or difficulties using the software, or suggestions, comments or bugs
discovered using the utility, please send a message to [email protected].
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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................1
Benefits of GS RichCopy 360 Consider the following benefits of GS RichCopy 360: ...............................1
Easy to Understand and Use ..................................................................................................................... 1
Robust Performance.................................................................................................................................. 1
Affordable Value ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Key Features of GS RichCopy 360 .............................................................................................................. 1
Installation Requirements ..................................................................................................................3
System Requirements................................................................................................................................ 3
Licensing.................................................................................................................................................... 3
Storage and Privileges Requirements ....................................................................................................... 3
Installing GS RichCopy 360 .................................................................................................................4
Upgrading from a previous version of GS RichCopy 360........................................................................... 4
New installation instructions .................................................................................................................... 4
Registering GS RichCopy 360 ..............................................................................................................7
Initial Configuration of GS RichCopy 360 .............................................................................................9
Service Configuration ................................................................................................................................ 9
Connect As Accounts ............................................................................................................................... 10
Email Configuration Settings................................................................................................................... 11
Maximum Allowed Concurrent Jobs Execution ....................................................................................... 12
Backup and Restore GS RichCopy 360 Database .................................................................................... 12
Managing and Creating Jobs in GS RichCopy 360 ............................................................................... 14
Jobs Overview.......................................................................................................................................... 14
Job Status Legends: ............................................................................................................................. 15
Job Progress Indicators: ...................................................................................................................... 15
Show Progress Screen: ........................................................................................................................ 16
Job Details Interface................................................................................................................................ 17
Creating a New Job Using the Wizard..................................................................................................... 22
Status Log Screen: ............................................................................................................................ 26
FAQs:............................................................................................................................................... 27
Assigning Log On as a Service ................................................................................................................. 27
Method 1: ........................................................................................................................................... 27
Method 2: ........................................................................................................................................... 28
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Introduction
GS RichCopy 360 is designed to work on windows servers and workstations and is perceived as the
industry leader for file\folder replication and synchronization in WAN and LAN environments. GS
RichCopy 360 will even work over VPN connections. Our current version is the ideal solution for highvolume server and workstations transactions over networks using LAN, WAN and VPN connections
thanks to 11 years of refinement.
Robust Performance
GS RichCopy 360 offers advanced multi-threading technology utilizing 100% parallel computing
techniques along with proprietary patent pending technology that offers the most robust and powerful
performance possible.
Affordable Value
GS RichCopy 360 provides functionality that is comparable, if not superior, to most other solutions.
Whats more, the total cost of ownership of GS RichCopy 360 and is less than the initial purchase cost of
most other solutions. GS RichCopy 360 comes with free support from our highly trained support staff.
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Installation Requirements
GS RichCopy 360 provides a simple, wizard-driven installation process.
System Requirements
GS RichCopy 360 supports all of the following operating systems:
Windows 2012R2
Windows 2012
Windows 2008 R2
Windows 2008
Windows 2003
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Licensing
Once installed, GS RichCopy 360 will run in trial mode (Copies only 5 files from every folder). The
software will automatically switch to a full version by providing a valid serial key. No uninstall or reinstall
required.
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After following these five simple installation steps, your newly installed copy of GS RichCopy 360 is ready
to be registered and configured.
2) Once GS RichCopy 360 opens up, it will default to the Info Tab. In the bottom Click on the link
Click here to register application
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3) Enter your email address along with the serial key which you should have received at time of
purchase and click
4) GS RichCopy 360 will initiate a connection to the GuruSquad activation servers and instantly
activate your copy upon registration.
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Service Configuration
By default, GS RichCopy 360 will install a service called GS RichCopy 360 Service. The service will be in
a running state running under the Local System Account. In the Service Configuration Section, you can
change it to run under a different user account. This user account can be a local user or a domain user.
It is very common to have this service account be a domain account that has access to both source and
target locations. It is important to note that this account must have administrative privileges in order to
copy open and locked files as well as Log On as a Service rights if you are running Windows 2008R2 or
later. Refer to Assigning Log On as a Service in Support section in this guide.
In order to specify a different service account, you need to click on Create\ Change Service Account link
under the Service Configuration section as in the screen below.
If you set different credentials or switch back to running under Local System Account, you must stop
and start the service for the changes to take effect. (Note: if you have any running jobs configured to run
under the services account, those jobs will be terminated and they will to be restarted). You can stop and
start the service from within the configuration tab as reflected in the screen shot below
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Connect As Accounts
GS RichCopy 360 offers the option to run jobs as the logged in user or service account. There may be
times in which the service account and/or logged in account may not have access rights to connect to
the source and\or destination. In those instances, GS RichCopy 360 provides another option to specify
accounts and save them in the GS RichCopy 360 database. These accounts can then later be selected
and used to Connect As those users who have the necessary permissions for the source and\or
destination when creating a job. We will discuss this in more details when we get to creating a job.
Please reference the screen shot below for further clarification
NOTE: the service account and connect as credentials saved in GS RichCopy 360 have their passwords
fully encrypted.
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The above screen shot showing the settings for an open SMTP Server that requires no authentication.
Note: Make sure your non-authenticated SMTP servers can accept relay requests from the machine or
machines hosting GS RichCopy 360 if you select this feature.
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Jobs Overview
Once you select the Jobs tab, you will see a list of all defined jobs listed along with their current status
(Running, completed, queued up) as well as other configured settings for each job such as email
notification settings.
There are several dashboard buttons to start, stop and create new jobs. Please refer to screen below to
get a much clearer overview
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You can click on buttons on the dashboard to control a selected (highlighted job). You may also right
click on a job to initiate the same actions in addition to copying an existing job. See screen shot below
for further clarification.
Tip: To duplicate an existing job, simply right click on the job you would like to duplicate and select
Copy Job. This will create an exact copy of the job but in a disabled state. The duplicated job will have
the same name as the original job but it is preceded with Copy of in the job name.
Sign
Description
Job is Disabled
Manual job may be run only manually
Job Completed and not scheduled to run any longer
The job is set to repeat but no repeating schedule has been defined
The job is scheduled to run as a service
The Job is scheduled to run as the current user's session
Description
Running
Stopped
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Error
Queued
Completed
Progress %
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1) Job Name: This is the name of the job by which you will identify it. The name has to be unique. It
is highly suggested to use a descriptive name such as Accounting Data or Copy Email Archive
so that other uses\administrators can relate to the role of this job in the future. Job names are
referenced in the Job Status Tab (discussed later) and in email notifications (if turned on).
2) Source: Type or browse to the path (folder) where you want to copy FROM. Source will always
point to a folder not to a file.
3) Copy as Root Folder: When this option is selected, it will create the source root folder and its
contents on the destination. Otherwise, it will only copy the contents of the root folder to the
destination.
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4) Destination: Type or browse to the path (folder) where you want to copy TO. This folder will be
created if it does not exist.
5) Description: This field is available to enter a description for the job.
6) Connect As (Source): Users have the option to impersonate a different user to connect to the
source. This is practical when the logged in user or the service account used does not have
access to the source folder. The Connect As user accounts are defined in the Connect As section
under the Configuration Tab.
7) Connect As (Destination): Users have the option to impersonate a different user to connect to
the destination. This is practical when the logged in user or the service account used does not
have access to the destination folder. The Connect As user accounts are defined in the Connect
As section under the Configuration Tab.
8) Copy Options: There are several copy options that can be used and you must select one of them:
a. Copy Changes Only: Copy only files and folders that are new or modified from the source
to destination (Deltas only). This option will not delete files from destination if they do
not match in source. If the destination has the same replica files, then those files will be
skipped.
b. Mirror: Mirror the destination to the source. Please note that if a file is deleted from the
source, it will be deleted from the target.
c. Move: Move files and directories (delete from source after copying).
d. DIR: Copy the directory tree structure only.
e. Copy All: Copy all files and folders from source to destination (Overwrite files and folders
that match in the destination). This option will not skip any files if the files in destination
are exact replicas as in the source.
9) Copy Flag: There are options to choose from when copying:
a. Locked: If checked, this option will copy locked and open files via VSS integration. In
order for the open file copy to work properly, the source has to be on the local computer
as GS RichCopy 360 would work seamlessly with VSS (Volume Shadow Service) to copy
the locked\open file.
b. Copy with Security: Copies all of the NTFS security permissions, including inheritance
blocking and advanced ACL settings. If the destination file or folder matches the source
except for the NTFS security settings, then only the security settings will be replicated
over and it will not trigger a retransmission of the entire file or folder. For example, if a
word doc exists in both source and destination but the permissions are different, then GS
RichCopy 360 would detect that the files are identical and it would just replicate the
permissions to destination so that they are fully the same.
c. Detect File Changes Real-time: If this option is checked, the job will monitor changes to
files in Real-Time and use these changes as triggers for file synchronization. (Note: This
option is only available in GS RichCopy 360 Enterprise).
d. Use Block Level Copy: Select this option to enable/disable block/byte level replication. If
this is disabled, the job will use the standard copy method to synchronize the file. If the
Byte Replicator fails to synchronize a file, i.e. On Failure, the job will use Default File copy
method for synchronization. (Note: This option is only available in GS RichCopy 360
Enterprise).
e. Preserve Date Time Stamp: Files/Folders in the destination will have their timestamps
copied from the source.
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f.
Attributes: If this option is selected, file and folder attributes will be synchronized from
source to the destination. If the destination file or folder matches the source except for
the attributes, then only the attribute settings will be replicated over and it will not
trigger a retransmission of the entire file.
10) Misc: There are three different options under Miscellaneous:
a. Logs: You can type or browse where you want the log file to be placed.
b. Log App: If a log file already exists, then logging will just append to the file instead of
overwriting it.
c. Log Size: If a number is specified (in MB), then once the file log sizes reaches that limit the job
will start logging to new file (however the job will continue to run). This option is useful to avoid
large log files.
11) Job Status: Jobs are created as Enabled jobs by default. This means they can be run on demand or
as scheduled jobs. Jobs that are set to disabled will NOT run on demand or as scheduled.
It is also worth noting that if a job is duplicated, the duplicated job is going to default to
Disabled.
12) Run As Service: If the box is checked, then the job will run as a service using the service credential
specified in the Configuration Tab (default is Local System Account). If the box is not checked,
then the software will utilize the session of the logged on user that is running the application.
There are many advantages to running a job under a service account. The first and foremost
reason is that jobs will not terminate due to a user logging off or closing the GS RichCopy
application. A service account can run as the Local System Account, which is an account that has
full access to every file and folder on the system (in most scenarios). For example, a machine that
has locked down permissions may have issues copying folders and files as the user credentials
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used may not have sufficient rights. Using a service account running as Local System Account
may provide better results.
It is worth noting that jobs have to be set to run at a scheduled time in order to be configured to
run using service account. A scheduled job can always be triggered to start manually which would
in that sense run the job on demand as a service.
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Moreover, expert users have the option to skip the wizard and jump directly to the detailed job screen
and create the job that way.
It is worth noting that once a job is created (whether through the wizard or by jumping directly to the
detailed jobs screen), it can always be modified at a later time if the need arises.
Reference screen shots to learn more about the job creation wizard.
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in the job confirmation screen, the job is then created and displayed in
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Job Name
Job status (In Progress, Successful, Stopped, or Failed).
Which user context the job ran under
Start and End time (if job completed)
Job ID (in the event contacting technical support for further assistance.
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FAQs:
Below are some of the frequently asked questions our support and sales staff have received. We have
compiled this list and are continually updating it to provide you with the best support possible.
If you do not find your question or need some assistance, feel free to contact us by email or phone and
we will gladly work with you.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 703 868-9252
Method 1:
1) Go to the start menu search Type services.msc
3) Click on the logon tab Click on This account and type the user name and password for the
user you want GS RichCopy 360 service to use Click ok.
Doing so, would automatically grant the username you specified logon as service rights. You
should receive a notification that the right to logon as a service has been granted. Please ensure
that you have to stop and start the service for the change to take effect.
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Method 2:
1) Go to the start menu search Type secpol.msc
2) Click on Local Policies User Rights Assignment Double click on Log on as a service
3) Click on Add User or Group type the user name and password for the user you want GS
RichCopy 360 service to use Click ok and Ok all the way out. Doing so, would grant the
username you specified logon as service rights. GS RichCopy 360 service must be stopped and
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