If you have Dissolved a container application onto the destination machine but want to sync the application between the source and destination machines, you can use the virtasync command to accomplish the update.

This command syncs only the artifacts that were copied and dissolved; it will not copy newly discovered artifacts in the source machine. For example, if artifacts A, B, C were copied into a container and then dissolved onto the destination machine, then executing Sync into Dissolve will update A, B, C on the destination machine. If new artifacts (e.g., D and E) are detected on the source machine, they will not be brought over or synced across because they were not known by the container before the container was dissolved.

You can sync using Reset or Update sync modes. See Using Tether SyncPreview for more information.

To Use Sync into Dissolve using the CLI

Sync will take place if CPROP_SYNC_INTO_DISSOLVE is set to Y via virtapedit.

Perform Tether Sync in a command prompt window as follows:

1. On the destination machine, undock the container:

   virtaundock c:\appliances\<appliance name>

2. Dissolve the container:

   virtadissolve c:\appliances\<appliance name>

3. Re-enable Tether:

   virtapedit c:\appliances\<appliance name> CPROP_USE_TETHER y <source_ip>

4. Enable Sync into Dissolve:

   virtapedit c:\appliances\<appliance name> CPROP_SYNC_INTO_DISSOLVE y

5. Execute Sync into Dissolve:

   virtasync c:\appliances\<appliance name> [reset | update]

Synch into Dissolve Log

After a sync operation, the following file is created in the container directory:

This file contains a log of the operations that occurred during the sync.