Edit Profiles

You can modify Profiles assigned to Agents and Jobs to adjust Agents' behavior.

Important

Changing some of the parameters requires restarting the Agent or recreating the Job.

To modify an Agent or a Job Profile:

Select Profiles.
Find and select the Profile you want to modify, then click EDIT.
Locate the parameter you want to change.
Modify the value and take note of the Action required column.
Action required
- The required action can be either Restart Agent or Recreate Job and it's showed once, when you edit the value. Once you close and re-open the Profile, the Action required column will reset.
- If you change the parameter back to its previous value without saving the Profile, no additional actions will be required.
Deleting custom parameter

Deleting a custom parameter from a Profile might also require an action, even though the Management Console won't be able to communicate this.
Click Save, then click Continue to acknowledge the required actions.
(Conditional) Perform required actions.
- Restart Agent
  
  Note
  
  In addition to being mentioned in the Profile, any Agents that need to be restarted will also display a Restart required status in the Agents list.
  Warning
  - While the Restart required status is active, the Agent won't display the Error status. To see the Agent's errors, open the Agent's details.
  - Restarting an Agent may take some time, especially if it is involved in Jobs that handle a large volume of files.
  To restart an Agent:
  1. Select Agents, then locate and click the Agent you want to restart.
  2. In the CONFIGURATION tab, click Restart.
  3. Click Continue to proceed.
  Info
  
  For more information, see Restarting agents from Management Console.
- Recreate Job
  
  Changes to some of the parameters cannot be applied to a running Job. In such cases, you must recreate the Job in question.
  Parameters requiring Job recreation
  
  Parameters that require recreating a Job include but are not limited to:
  - Ignore symlinks (ignore_symlinks)
  - Number of disk I/O threads (disk_worker_pool_size)
  - Max size of torrent block (torrent_max_piece_size)
  - Min size of torrent block (torrent_min_piece_size)
  - Synchronize extended file attributes (sync_extended_attributes)
  - Synchronize Posix permissions (posix_fs_acl_mode)
  - Synchronize NTFS permissions (windows_fs_acl_mode)
  Warning
  
  It is strongly recommended to recreate the Job when prompted by a Profile update. Continuing to use the existing Job may lead to a Job failure. If the Profile update also requires an Agent restart, avoid restarting the Agent until the Job has been recreated.
  
  To identify Jobs that need to be recreated after changing a Job or an Agent Profile:
  
  Job Profiles
  
  To identify Jobs that need to be recreated after updating a Job Profile:
  1. Select Profiles.
  2. In the Job Profiles section, locate the desired Job and click the value in the Used by column.
  3. Click Ok to close the list.
  Agent Profiles
  
  To identify Jobs that need to be recreated after updating an Agent Profile:
  1. Select Groups.
  2. Select the group that has the Profile in question assigned, then click Edit.
  3. Select JOBS to view the list of Jobs that the grouped Agents participate in.
  Default Agent Profile
  
  To identify Jobs that need to be recreated after updating the Default Agent Profile:
  1. Select Groups.
  2. Select the group that has the Default Agent Profile assigned, then click Edit.
  3. Select JOBS to view the list of Jobs that the grouped Agents participate in.
  Non-grouped Agents
  
  Non-grouped Agents use the Default Agent Profile. To identify Jobs that the Agent participates in:
  1. Select Agents.
  2. Locate and click the Agent in question that uses the Default Agent Profile.
    
    Tip
    
    If you don't see the Profile column, right-click the table header and select Profile to enable it.
  3. Select JOBS to view the list of Jobs that the Agent participates in.