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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Re: Documentation of Schedule

February 13, 2015, 9:29 am
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Hi, thanks very much for your excellent responses. I am using SyncbackFree v7.0.32.0.

I have set Recur every 1 days at 1pm with Repeating not selected, so SB will run every day at 13:00.

I would also like SB to run at 17:00 every day.

If I check "Run this profile every" in Repeating, set it to 4 hours and check Indefinitely, I assume SB will then run every day at 13:00, 17:00, 21:00.
Or will it also run at other times?

If I set "for a duration of" to 4 hours, does that mean it will only run at 13:00, 17:00?

Statistics: Posted by GrandpaG — Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:29 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Copy only subfolders

February 13, 2015, 11:31 am
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Hi,
I couldn't find the solution for my situation in the documentation/FAQ/forum, so here it is:
Is it possible to copy only the subfolders and not the highlevel folders? Each highlevel folder contains at least one subfolder and no other files. Each subfolder contains files, there are no empy ones. All subfoldernames are unique.
Thanks
René

Statistics: Posted by Rene — Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:31 am

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SyncBackSE (commercial) • Delete File

February 13, 2015, 3:03 pm
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Hi,

I have to create a new profile. I have to move file (delete file after copy) from server 1 to server 2. I also have to keep 7 days only.

1. Is there a way to move files and not copy files?
2. How can I delete files on server 2 after 7 days?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Statistics: Posted by Rousseau — Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:03 pm

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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Re: SyncBackFree V7.0.32.0 fails if source and destination are environment variables.

February 13, 2015, 4:06 pm
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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Copy only subfolders

February 13, 2015, 4:39 pm
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Not that I'm aware of. SB always preserves the relative path to anything it copies (kinda helps in any Restore :) ). Hence SB would copy the 'outer' folder as well as the 'inner' folder (the former acting as 'somewhere to put the latter', to achieve path preservation). If you use the Choose... dialog (Simple settings page) and de-select everything (clear topmost left checkbox in tree), then re-select only the subfolders you want, you can see any folder(s) above it will be re-selected automatically (though the files and any other subfolders inside won't - only the subfolders you already selected manually). This is because to get from the base path (Source string) that you specified to the subfolders you selected, the program needs to navigate the path-components (i.e. intermediate folders) in-between, thus they (but not necessarily all their contents) must be included (and will therefore be replicated).

The only way I can think of is to achieve what I think you're describing is to make a profile for each unwanted upper folder as its Source, de-select everything (to ignore the files and any unwanted subfolders inside that upper folder) and then re-select just the folders you do want*. You would then set the Destination(s) to copy to whatever (common?) location you wish to 'extract' the wanted subfolders to. Depending on the numbers involved, this might be completely impractical, but if it isn't, you could then add all the profiles to a Group, and run the Group as a multi-component 'solution'


* or, leave everything selected to start with and just de-select the parts you don't want; which would be quicker to configure depends on the relative numbers of wanted versus unwanted objects

Statistics: Posted by cliffhanger — Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:39 pm

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SyncBackSE (commercial) • Re: Delete File

February 13, 2015, 5:53 pm
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1) use the Move options on the (Modify profile -> Expert ->) Decisions-Files settings page. Note that in the top block ('files exist on both sides') this is an additional checkbox sub-option to whatever rule (radio-button) you decide. In the 'files on one side only' blocks, the Move options are one of the rules (radio-buttons) for each case. A little deep thought will probably reveal why this is the case :)

2) assuming the files to be deleted on server-B don't exist now on server-A (either because the profile already Moved them A>B or because you manually deleted them from A), then set the section-3 of Decisions-Files ('files on Destination-only') to

'Delete file from Destination if it hasn't been modified in [7] days'

This assumes the LastModified stamp is the property upon which you want to base the Delete decision. There's no way to configure '7 days after copying/moving'. Remember that it's perfectly feasible for a file to appear on the Source that was LastModified a year ago (appreciate it may be unlikely, I'm just describing what might happen if it did) - in which case your profile would Move it to B on day-1, and on day-2, it would delete it immediately. This is because it is now on Destination-only, and although the file was only Moved a day ago, it was Modified a year ago (a little more than your 7-day limit)

IIRC, the 'number of days' factor uses whole-day rounding, so that it won't trigger on a LastModified stamp of 6 days 23 hrs 59 mins (at the time of scanning). Naturally, if someone checks 10 mins later, such a file would 'look' 7 days old :? - be prepare to explain if necessary

Also, there's no way of setting an interval that uses units smaller than 'day'. There's a way of doing this using lateral thinking with a separate 'housekeeping' profile that leverages a 'delete all files' configuration in conjunction with an 'ignore' function that supports smaller units (so its functionality boils down to 'delete all files, except those which are 'younger' than (for example) 10080 minutes'). Post back if you need details, or do a forum search for 'housekeeping' to find some examples for yourself (note that not all hits will be 100%-specific to your situation - some are designed to 'clean' the Source, for example, or use different units -but they may be enough for you to grasp the idea being used)

Statistics: Posted by cliffhanger — Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:53 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: OneDrive upload files larger than 100MB

February 16, 2015, 1:11 am
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Hi, "503 Service Unavailable" means there's a problem on the server side. We'll take a look to see if there's something we can do.

Statistics: Posted by mickyj — Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:11 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: SyncBackPro V7.3.0.0 BETA released

February 16, 2015, 1:16 am
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IMPORTANT: It seems that the Office 365 interface is slow when uploading large files. The file uploads but it takes a long time for the server to respond. Once you get past 1GB in size then it may completely fail.


So 750MB plus will be slow, and 1GB plus will fail. The larger the file, the longer it takes the server to respond, so once you get to 1GB it takes the server so long to respond that it times out.

Statistics: Posted by mickyj — Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:16 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: SugarSync - Supported? If not when but if yes then how?

February 16, 2015, 8:21 am
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mickyj wrote:
Hi, sorry but we don't support SugarSync at this time. We do support Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive and are currently working on adding Amazon Cloud Drive. There are a lot of cloud services out there and unfortunately they're all different which means we need to spend some time adding each one. At this time we've no plans to add SugarSync (that doesn't mean we never will, but at this time it's not on the list).



hi
is "runabove" is on the list ?
thanks

ömür

Statistics: Posted by omur — Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:21 am

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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Re: Last Run and Successful Run dates incorrect

February 16, 2015, 10:07 am
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Hi;

thanks for taking the time to reply, I'm sorry for not replying sooner. I checked a couple of times for a reply then assumed I'd get an email notification if someone answered. My bad, and my apologies.

Anyway, if you're still up for it, here's my reply.

Today is the 16/2/15. The logs show that both tasks on the x64 PC were run this morning at 4am as usual. Syncback however shows that the last run for one task was the 12th, at 4am and the next run will be on the 13th, while the other task is shown as having run correctly this morning, but the next run also scheduled for 3 days ago.

Here is a screenshot, with the group expanded and the time/date showing in the systray. As you can see, it shows the correct computer time/date. I've also included in the screenshot 2 windows explorer windows. One shows some media files with their creation date of 15-2-2015 that were correctly backed up this morning to the external HD. There was nothing to backup on the other profile yesterday but the second WE window shows a folder that was also correctly backed up on the 14-2-2015, despite showing the last run date of the 12th and the next run date of the 13th.

All this seems to show that (i) the tasks really are running, and (ii) the time/date on my PC is correct.

It's not clear exactly which files you want me to attach. I tried attaching the html log files because they're the files with the word 'page' in their name but that failed, invalid file extension. So I tried the configuration log files dated today, but got the same error message. If these aren't what you want, could you please explain which files you mean and where to find them?

And lastly, how do I configure my account to receive an email notification if/when you reply? In User Control Panel/Board Preferences/Edit notification options I had 'Someone replies to a topic to which you are subscribed' email option checked. I assumed that would include topics I had started myself. If I could receive an email notification that would be great!

Thanks again for your time.
Syncback screenshot 01 (Large).jpg


Al.

Statistics: Posted by notsobrightspark — Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:07 am

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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Wrong date on destination

February 16, 2015, 9:04 pm
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New problem: dates on destination show today (after backup). So Syncback wants to recopy everything every time. When viewing in Windows Explorer the right date shows. Very strange.

Statistics: Posted by dotternetta — Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:04 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • OneDrive - Keep image resolution

February 16, 2015, 9:38 pm
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I've tried out SyncBackPro to see if I could use it to sync my files to OneDrive.
I started out with my photos, but realized that OneDrive changed the resolution of the images on upload.
When I looked it up on Google, I found that it was in Microsofts API for OneDrive and that OneDrive changed the resolution on upload via the REST API.

Anyhow, I searched a little bit more and on the Development-pages for OneDrive I found that it seems to be possible to keep the resolution as is (a new feature to the API?).
As I understand, it is possible by adding a query string parameter; downsize_photo_uploads=false

I found it on this page:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn659726.aspx

Is this something that will be implemented in SyncBackPro?
Or have I just misunderstood everything and it still isn't possible?

If it can be done, and if it will be implemented soon, SyncBackPro is a definite buy for me! :)

Statistics: Posted by kcabneits — Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:38 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • SyncBackPro V7.3.0.2 BETA released

February 17, 2015, 1:32 am
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A new beta version of SyncBackPro has been uploaded:

http://www.2brightsparks.com/assets/sof ... _Setup.exe

Changes in this version:

New (Pro): Amazon Cloud Drive support
New (Pro): SugarSync support
New (Pro): Office 365 (OneDrive for Business and SharePoint) support
Updated (Pro): More helpful error messages when using OneDrive, Box, Dropbox and Google Drive
Updated (Pro): Can connect to MTP device using its name
Updated (Pro): Cloud debug log file size reduced
Updated (Pro): Images upload to OneDrive are no longer downsized by OneDrive
Updated (SE/Pro): Pushover messages can now also be sent on success
Fixed: Expansion of Windows environment variables
Fixed (Pro): Sometimes update of large existing files on OneDrive may fail
Fixed (Pro): Sometimes upload of very large new files on OneDrive may fail
Fixed (Pro): Uploading file to root folder on OneDrive with BITS protocol failed
Fixed (Pro): Skips OneNote notebook files on OneDrive

Statistics: Posted by mickyj — Tue Feb 17, 2015 1:32 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: OneDrive - Keep image resolution

February 17, 2015, 1:35 am
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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Open SBP in Modify page when profile double-clicked

February 17, 2015, 9:57 am
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Hi all,
I had a handy library of tips for SBP that has gone missing, along with the answer to my question :oops:
Can anyone tell me how to set this please?

Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by gigasquid — Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:57 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Open SBP in Modify page when profile double-clicked

February 17, 2015, 10:12 am
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Preferences menu (main UI) > Double-click Action (about halfway down) ;)

Statistics: Posted by cliffhanger — Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:12 am

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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Re: Backup: remaining time 355 days :-(

February 17, 2015, 10:40 am
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Suggest supply screenshots of

a) SyncBack's Differences window, with an example file highlighted, so that the Properties pane lower left is populated (and make sure that pane is visible, likewise the common subpath, if any, shown in the grid entry of the selected example file)

b) your Explorer window, with the same file/parameters highlighted and the full path visible in the address bar.

But, one way or the other, it's almost certainly the device/firmware that is either storing the wrong value, and/or listing the wrong value during the scan. The non-shell Copy method (API) used by default in SB will always preserve the LastModified stamp (no specific command required, nor even any way to tell it not to) providing the written-to device is under Windows' control (e.g. dumb-USB drive, temp test folder on internal HDD). This may not be the case if something else (e.g. firmware, FTP server...) controls the device, thus the resulting write (or, listing thereafter).

You could make a temp test profile with such a substitute Destination to demonstrate that for yourself. Copy some files to it then run profile again. I'll risk $1 it won't propose a re-copy 2nd run, which would beg the question 'What did you just take out of the equation?' :roll:

Statistics: Posted by cliffhanger — Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:40 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • FTP Sync but ignore previously synced

February 17, 2015, 1:01 pm
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Hi,

as per title i have a 'sync' set up for some files on my server that are updated on there periodically.

Syncback will check the folder every two hours, download any new files then a 3rd party program will remove these files to another folder.

I then want Syncback to download only files that are new on the server and ignore previously synced files even though they have been deleted (moved) from my pc folder.

i have all the decisions files set to skip except the last one 'a new file has been created on server or is only on' > copy to pc

what threw me was I stopped the profile to modify the ftp speed then clicked run and it started to re download everything (i then stopped and deselected the already downloaded files).

in a nutshell i want the sync to ignore any previously synced files. does it do this anyway? record the history.

thanks

Statistics: Posted by johnmerrick — Tue Feb 17, 2015 1:01 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: FTP Sync but ignore previously synced

February 17, 2015, 3:53 pm
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Sorry, no. You could actually do it in the reverse direction ('remember' files previously copied to an FTP Destination, even if they have been deleted/moved since previous run), and the option you would use for such local > FTP traffic is called Fast Backup (it avoids the need to scan the FTP side, by default using a database of 'previous-state' instead). However, you can't use Fast Backup on the opposite 'side' to the side using FTP (or, 'opposite' any other plug-in such as Cloud). If you go to the (Modify -> Expert -> ) Fast Backup settings page, you will see it's locked out for precisely that reason ("...because files are being copied or moved from the FTP server")

This is because (internally) FTP is a plug-in and so - in a way - is the code that substitutes using a database instead of scanning-for-real. There's only a socket for plug-ins on one side of the code (the other side has to be a plain-vanilla disk/network resource, which can't use Fast Backup because 'no socket' on that side). You can use Fast Backup on the Destination of a disk/LAN > disk/LAN profile, also a disk/LAN > plug-in profile, but not a plug-in > disk/LAN configuration, because you're already using the 'socketed' side of such a profile to plug-in the FTP engine, and there's no scope to use another plug-in (Fast Backup) on the other side.

The only workaround in your situation I can think of is to use two profiles and another local 'staging area', as follows > >

  • Use a standard FTP>local Mirror profile to maintain a complete 'mirror' of the FTP server in a new staging-area #1 on local PC from which you don't delete anything (ever).
  • Then use another profile (disk>disk, LAN>LAN or a combination, as required) set to use Fast Backup on its Destination, and use that one to copy from the above staging-area #1 to staging-area #2 (#2 being the one you're using now, that is 'evacuated' by the 3rd-party program). The latter (Fast Backup) profile would maintain a record of what it already copied from area #1 to area #2, and would not re-copy them, regardless of whether previously-transferred files were still present in area #2 or had been removed by the 3rd-party program.

Bear in mind that a Fast Backup profile will always scan the Destination on run-1 (to build the database), and may Rescan it if these circumstances occur/apply (thus, try to avoid them, or previously-copied files will likely be re-copied to area #2 if the Rescan determines they are no longer present). There are several other articles on Fast Backup in the KB you should read (a KB search on 'fast' should find all of them) - also the Help.

NOTE: The above assumes you are using the current release of V7. It's always wise to confirm the full x.x.x.x version number (check taskbar icon or title bar) when posting - it reduces the possibility people might t give you advice that applies to a different version.

Statistics: Posted by cliffhanger — Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:53 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: SyncBackPro V7.3.0.0 BETA released

February 18, 2015, 9:58 am
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Hi,

I can only see an option to connect to my personal one drive space and the main document library.

We have subsites with other document libraries.. .how can we select another document library?

Kind Regards,
Suls

Statistics: Posted by suls00 — Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:58 am

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