The Preserve File Security Descriptor feature, enables WCN to sync all files from the source with the security descriptor metadata. If this is not enabled during the initial setup of WCN, all the files from the source will be synced to the Wasabi cloud without the security descriptor metadata. If enabled after the sync, the security descriptor for all new files created on the source will be synced and preserved. To preserve the security descriptor for the files synced before the flag was checked, files must be updated at the source.
If you select or enable this option after the source is synced with the target, the security descriptors for the file(s) from the source folder will be preserved upon the next sync (sync happens when a file is updated or changed). In this scenario, run the following command prompt on the server where the source exists and the WCN client software is installed. Running this command manually forces and preserves the security descriptors of all the files from the specified source to the mapped bucket in the Wasabi cloud.
“tiercli op replicate_attr -f”To enable the Preserve File Security Descriptor feature:
Click Global Settings.
Click the checkbox to Preserve security descriptor on sync.
Click Apply.
When applying changes to settings and policies in the WCN client, a red exclamation mark indicates that changes have been applied but not saved. When making changes on one screen, click Apply to save the changes. If you have unsaved changes on more than one screen, click Apply All.
A message will notify you that WCN must restart to apply the changes. Click Yes.
A message will confirm that WCN successfully restarted. Click OK.