Btsync And Carbon Copy Cloner


Hawaiian

Recommended Posts

I'd like to use BTSync to synchronize files on MacBooks within my organization.  I use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone these MacBooks, a few hundred of them.  I've set up BTSync, along with a shared folder, on a MacBook that I use as the gold image.  I use this gold image to clone all of the other MacBooks.  All computers have unique host names.

The problem is that BTSync views all cloned computers as one computer.  So, files only sync to one of the few hundreds computers that are cloned.  If I shut all computers down, the first computer turned on will sync, and all others will not.

Anyone have advice for me?  Has anyone successfully cloned and synced computers with BTSync installed?

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@Hawaiian

Every peer in Sync should have a unique PeerID. As soon as PeerID stops being unique within one mesh, the duplicate peers won't see each other. Try deleting settings.dat and settings.dat.old to reset PeerID and generate it from scratch. This will delete all app-global settings, though (while shares will not be removed).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.