Creating Junction Points
Caution
Refer to the documentation of the OS you are using for any rules that may apply when creating or deleting junction points.
Scenario
When a user is created in Syncrify server, you have to specify a path where files are stored. This is
called the repository path. Consider the following scenario where you create a user with the following values:
User's Name: |
UserA |
Login ID: |
UserA@Synametrics.com |
Repository path: |
C:\Backups |
John Doe, the administrator of the Syncrify Server wants to change the backup location of the top level folder
wwwroot
using
junction points.
Assume the profile name is
ProfileOne.
By default, the files will be stored in the following folder on the target machine (where Syncrify server is running)
C:\Backup\usera@synametrics.com\ProfileOne\wwwroot
Solution
Use the following command to create a Junction Point on Windows.
mklink /J LinkName TargetLocation
Example
In this example we will change have the
wwwroot
on the server to point to
C:\InetPub\wwwroot