Category:General
Last Updated:2011-08-11
In the event that your data gets out of sync through corruption or user manipulation of synced data, use the following steps to force the sync to reapply all synced data.
Select your Connection and then click the Force Mods button located in the Action section of the General tab.
This function will zero out the entry for each synced object. You then follow this up with a normal sync. The normal sync run follownig Force Mods will add missing objects, process outstanding deletes and apply Mods to all previously synced contacts.
This function may be automated via the shell.exe execution of your connection during your scheduled sync runs. Note: It is not recommended you automate forcemods on ALL sync runs. Force Mods causes every object to be modified on every sync run. This is generally unnecessary and to time consuming to run on a regular basis. If you know you have regular modification/deletion of destination contacts, it might be recommended to automate your Forcemods connection once per week.
shell.exe --forcemods --forcestruct "Connection Name"
--forcemods and --forcestruct are optional parameters.
ForceMods allows Delete/Modify of all destination person objects.
ForceStruct allows recreation of deleted structure.
If you continue to have data corruption issues, it may be necessary to run the Sync Recovery Procedure.