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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Questions after migration from 3.2

March 29, 2015, 6:31 pm
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Hi,
I recently migrated from 3.2 to the latest version. For some profiles, I use the action Prompt me. In the precedent version, a missing file was indicated in the log file. Now, it's only written "Unattended run, cannot prompt for action". Is it possible to have the real reason ?
For the Prompt me action, the Differences window let me define the action I want to do. Is it possible to select an action for ALL the files with the Prompt me action ? In the precedent version, there was a Allways delete the source file.

Statistics: Posted by Ericf — Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:31 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: hubiC cloud support

March 29, 2015, 11:49 pm
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Another +1

hubiC's pricing looks attractive to me, too. They claim to use "OpenStack Swift" API, so it may help with other cloud storage providers (not that I know any details).

Statistics: Posted by mwb1100 — Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:49 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: File Names When Using Compression

March 30, 2015, 8:45 am
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Hi, only thing I can think of is you have a profile and you've set the Zip extension to " (from ComputerName).zip" (on the Compression->Advanced settings page of the profile). SyncBack doesn't have any code to stick "(from ComputerName)" in a filename.

Statistics: Posted by mickyj — Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:45 am

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Ideas and general discussion • Re: Share settings of a backup to multiple destinations

March 30, 2015, 8:47 am
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Hi,

1. SyncBack has shared settings on many of the settings pages, but you can't share filters.

2. Short answer is no. You can set the destination path via the command line (or by using variables) but you cannot have multiple destinations.

Statistics: Posted by mickyj — Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:47 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Possibility to hide group member profiles

March 30, 2015, 10:00 am
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Hi everybody,

Is there a possibility to hide profiles which are a member of a group profile in the main SyncBack window? My display is very cluttered and I would like to hide the indiviual profiles until I click the "+" next to the group profile. As it is, if the group profile is uncollapsed, the same profiles are displayed twice.

Best regards,
Stefan.

Statistics: Posted by spalan — Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:00 am

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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Re: Questions after migration from 3.2

March 30, 2015, 10:04 am
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Hi,
Thanks for the answer.

Conrad Chung wrote:
Ericf wrote:In the precedent version, a missing file was indicated in the log file. Now, it's only written "Unattended run, cannot prompt for action". Is it possible to have the real reason ?


That message means the run process encountered a collision where that file in question was different on both Source & Destination and is trying to prompt the user on which file to keep. As the profile was ran in Unattended mode (for example, via a Scheduled run, etc), it couldn't prompt the user as it's running in a different Windows session from the user, and thus the file was skipped. More info here:

http://support.2brightsparks.com/knowledgebase/articles/211489-the-windows-task-scheduler

The reason this message is logged is because you may have one or more file change scenarios set to the option

"Prompt me (Skips file if run from command line)"

under

Modify > Expert > Decisions-Files


Yes, I know, but in the precedent version, it was specified in the log file. I'd prefer to have a text like "the source file doesn't exists, skipped" or "File changed both in source and destination" as before. It's sharper.

Conrad Chung wrote:
Ericf wrote:Is it possible to select an action for ALL the files with the Prompt me action ? In the precedent version, there was a Allways delete the source file.


If you want the action taken to effect all the files (examples, one side overwriting the other always, etc) you can change the respective options under the above mentioned settings page.

Bear in mind this would effectively apply to any files that fall under that specific "What to do if" scenario so any option you choose will be applied to all such files.


I know, but before, I verified the list of files, and selected the "Delete always the destionation" if the marked files have been deleted by me, or another choice before if some missing files have not been deleted by me. It's a good thing to be able to choose for each file, but if you have 50 files with the Prompt me action..... :? No way to change all the files with the Prompt Me action to a "default" action chosen in a list box for example ? not, it would be a great modification.

Statistics: Posted by Ericf — Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:04 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Possibility to hide group member profiles

March 30, 2015, 10:17 am
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Hi,

In the main menu under Preferences enable the option "Only show groups and profiles not in a group"

Thanks,
Kostas
[2bs]

Statistics: Posted by Kostas — Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:17 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Amazon Policies for IAM -- NEED HELP

March 30, 2015, 11:51 am
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Responded in parallel support ticket. In order to maintain a coherent history of our correspondences, please refrain from asking the same question on two different platforms, as this will result in fragmented replies which may be difficult to refer to should the need arises.

Statistics: Posted by Conrad Chung — Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:51 am

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SyncBackSE (commercial) • Re: run serveral profiles in simulation mode to get a report later

March 30, 2015, 12:03 pm
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For Group Simulation runs, it's not possible. As per the Help topic on the Differences window (Help > Using SyncBackPro > Runtime Help > The Differences Window),


The Differences window will always be shown when doing a restore or simulated run


So this means with each profile's Simulated run, the Differences Window WILL be displayed.

For actual runs, there are several methods to suppress the Differences window, either via Unattended runs (eg, setting up Scheduled task), enabling options to Skip the window, etc.

For full details, please refer to the corresponding topic under SyncBackSE's Help file.

Statistics: Posted by Conrad Chung — Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:03 pm

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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Problem after imaging

March 30, 2015, 1:04 pm
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Hello everyone,

I have used Syncback free for about two years now and I ran in to a problem. Not to go in to details, but an update from Microsoft had trashed my system Mar 27. So I ran Syncback and all was fine. Then I disconnected the drive, went and re-imaged from my backup copy which was dated Mar 12.

Now my system is backup and running, but from Mar 12. First thing I did is updated everything that needed to be updated. I ran Syncback to restore one of my profiles and that went successful. So then I ran the same profile, but as a backup, back to the destination and I get this error;

Failed to copy from Source : Cannot copy file (5): Access is denied

It lists a bunch of files, but I am not sure why this is doing this. I have restored before in earlier versions of Syncback (series 6) and did the same process as mentioned above with no problems. But I am using the newest version of Syncback (7.3.0.5) and this is occurring. I tried copying the files over and some do not show up on the list of access denied, but other files that I copied to the destination still do not work. I tried deleting the file at the destination hoping that Syncback will not see it therefor Syncback will copy it over, but same error. So not sure what is going on, but if someone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

System is Windows 7 Pro 64-bit with Syncback 7.3.0.5

Statistics: Posted by genveers — Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:04 pm

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SyncBackFree (freeware) • backup a folder that name changes often

March 30, 2015, 1:13 pm
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i am trying to figure out how to specify a folder i am backing up so that i can use some sort of wildcard as the folder name changes.

for example,

c:\program files\my program\bin\release\1.324.4323\profiles\preferences

so the folder 1.324.4323 might change every 2 weeks.

i tried

c:\program files\my program\bin\release\*\profiles\preferences
c:\program files\my program\bin\release\*.*\profiles\preferences
c:\program files\my program\bin\release\.\profiles\preferences


nothing seems to work, any help appreciated? thanks

Statistics: Posted by thanosazlin — Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:13 pm

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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Re: backup a folder that name changes often

March 30, 2015, 7:45 pm
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You can't use wildcards in your Source path (if that's what you are trying to do). Remember that path is also the default path for a Restore (a 'write' operation), and how would a wild card tell SB where to write to (and/or, the name of the interim folder to create)? But you can specify the fixed path that leads to the folder

c:\program files\my program\bin\release\

as Source ('base path') and then add one or more Inclusion Filters (Change Filters button on Simple settings page > add entries to left-hand 'TO copy' column). One way to do it would be the entries

*\
\*\profiles\preferences\*.*

(note that the first one is a special entry that means 'check all paths looking for the second one' - see the contextual Help on Filters dialog)

This method would also copy empty versions (folders, but no files) of any other folders in the location represented by * (if any exist)

If you don't want that (though it sounds as though it won't be an issue for you, and all such folders will be 'wanted'), go to

Modify -> Expert -> Decisions-Files -> Folders and set the top option to Do Nothing

Remember that * can stand for anything (including extra/deeper folders and the backslashes that separate them), so it would also process

c:\program files\my program\bin\release\deeper\folder\names\profiles\preferences

if they exist. Wildcards are useful but sometimes come back to bite you. However, if you could have used them in the Source string, they would have done exactly the same, so I assume you don't expect such problems.

Note also that OK'ing the Filter dialog will force a cross-match between your new Filters and the function that records specific folder\file de/selections (because the latter can overrule the former, so it's looking for contradictions), and will ask if it should or should not create and/or overrule any de/selections. You should probably agree to whatever it proposes but keep an eye open for unexpected paths you didn't expect to be included if there is a possibility there might be some. The de/selection dialog has options to Include New Folders (and Files) by default, and you should leave these as they are to cater for the new numeric sub-folders that you presumably expect will be created in due course.

Statistics: Posted by cliffhanger — Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:45 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Trouble with files .url and Sharepoint online

March 31, 2015, 4:17 am
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Hi, we've now been able to reproduce this. If you upload a .URL file using the Sharepoint web browser (and not by using SyncBack) then you get this error. This is a bug in Sharepoint. What happens is that we request a list of the files in a folder and if that folder contains one of these URL files then Sharepoint returns this error. It won't return a list of files at all in a folder if it has one of these URL files. As you say, renaming them (or deleting them) will fix it.

We're trying to see if we can get Sharepoint to filter out all URL files to see if we can bypass this bug, but it'll take a while and a lot of investigation to see if it's possible. This of course means that SyncBack will skip URL files completely.

Statistics: Posted by mickyj — Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:17 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • SyncBackPro V7.3.1.11 BETA released

March 31, 2015, 9:57 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): Can create Nearline and DRA buckets in Google Storage
Updated: Can copy multiple profiles in one step
Updated: Improvement in program startup time
Updated (Pro): Office 365 errors are logged instead of HTTP error codes
Updated (Pro): If OneDrive download link has expired will get new download link and retry
Fixed: Progress was not showing correctly if copying over 2TB
Fixed (SE/Pro): Cannot use single Zip compression with SyncBack Touch or MTP when they are the source
Fixed (SE/Pro): Correctly records error if trying to change date and time or attributes of multi-zip files on Touch or MTP
Fixed (SE/Pro): Was not skipping junction points on Touch when it should and also was not skipping recursive junction points
Fixed (SE/Pro): Silent fail when using Touch was stopping profile from running even if Touch could be connected to
Fixed (Pro): Uploads of small files to Google Drive now set MIME type
Fixed (Pro): When there are a large number of source files then may think there is a destination file when there is not and comparing NTFS security
Fixed (Pro): Some directory options were not available when using cloud (not applicable to S3 or Azure)
Fixed (Pro): Office 365 may fail with folders with spaces in their name
Fixed (Pro): Fails when folder contains over 200 items
Fixed (Pro): Uploading single Zip file when using Google Drive left behind previous Zip file

Statistics: Posted by mickyj — Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:57 am

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SyncBackSE (commercial) • SyncBackSE V7.3.1.11 BETA released

March 31, 2015, 9:57 am
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A new beta version of SyncBackSE has been uploaded:

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

Changes in this version:

Updated: Can copy multiple profiles in one step
Updated: Improvement in program startup time
Fixed: Progress was not showing correctly if copying over 2TB
Fixed (SE/Pro): Cannot use single Zip compression with SyncBack Touch or MTP when they are the source
Fixed (SE/Pro): Correctly records error if trying to change date and time or attributes of multi-zip files on Touch or MTP
Fixed (SE/Pro): Was not skipping junction points on Touch when it should and also was not skipping recursive junction points
Fixed (SE/Pro): Silent fail when using Touch was stopping profile from running even if Touch could be connected to

Statistics: Posted by mickyj — Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:57 am

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SyncBackFree (freeware) • SyncBackFree V7.3.1.11 BETA released

March 31, 2015, 9:57 am
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A new beta version of SyncBackFree has been uploaded:

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

Changes in this version:

Updated: Can copy multiple profiles in one step
Updated: Improvement in program startup time
Fixed: Progress was not showing correctly if copying over 2TB

Statistics: Posted by mickyj — Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:57 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Update only after 7 days

March 31, 2015, 10:33 am
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Hi everybody,

I have a backup profile which runs when I plug in an external harddisk. Is there any way to set it to update files in the backup only if the previous backup was at least 7 days ago? In other words: I plug in my HDD, SyncBack starts the profile, the profile sees that file x was last backed up 3 days ago, so it ignores this file. File y was last backed up 9 days ago, so it does a backup.

Best regards,
Stefan.

Statistics: Posted by spalan — Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:33 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: SyncBackPro V7.3.1.7 BETA released

March 31, 2015, 10:46 am
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rob_ferg wrote:
Thanks for the work on supporting cloud serveries (Particularly OneDrive for Business).
This BETA version is now syncing files that have an apostrophe in the file path.

I have found a few problems with this BETA and syncing with OneDrive for Business.
1. Although you can mirror files with an apostrophe in the file name in this version, if you try to sync, it will not detect files with an apostrophe in OneDrive for Business side (even through the file is actually there) and will attempt to delete the local file with an apostrophe in the file name (it will try to reupload the file if mirroring).
2. When syncing or mirroring to OneDrive for Business, it only seems to detect the first 200 files in a directory on the OneDrive for Business side. Any files above the first 200 files are not detected and SyncBack attempts to upload them if mirroring or delete the local files if syncing.
3. Files with an underscore in their file name or file path do not upload and have the following error in the log.

Code:

Error: Failed to copy from Left : InvalidArgument: The argument is invalid, missing, or has an incorrect format


Hope you're able to resolve these issues.

-Rob


Hi,

Item #2 has been fixed in the latest beta for SyncBackPro V7.

For more information and the download link please check the relevant forum post at viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11556&p=44627#p44627

Install it over-the-top of your existing installation so it can preserve your current profiles and settings.

Thanks,
Kostas
[2bs]

Statistics: Posted by Kostas — Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:46 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Backing up multiple Sharepoint online libraries

March 31, 2015, 11:58 am
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Hi, I have checked that info and it seems it should be possible!. Moreover I have tested several other apps and I can backup the sites where I have more than one document library! maybe you could check this point! I have been using this application since a few years, I find it very easy to use and very handy, and you are doing a great effort to keep it up to date. I would like to continue using it in the future!

Thanks

jordi

Statistics: Posted by jpera — Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:58 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Update only after 7 days

March 31, 2015, 6:33 pm
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TBOMK you certainly can't do it on a file-by-file basis, as there's no central record of when any particular file was last backed up (remember that any given file might be backed up to the same or different locations on more than one occasion by more than one profile - hence no attempt to store a single value centrally).

But you could certainly write an installable script to check the LastRun date of the profile against 'now' and abort the run (optionally, without logging the 'failure') if less than 7 days elapsed. There's a script in the Pro program folder called OncePerDay that illustrates the mechanics of how the LastRun information is retrieved and the decision (whether to abort) is passed back to the program, but bear in mind that example script is working on juggling/matching two strings representing dates and only looking for a string-match, whereas you'd need to compare two dates (numerically) and calculate the difference between them - something like (in pseudocode)

If (NowDate - LastRunDate) < 7 Then DontRun

You'd need to bear in mind that if this comparison is based only on Date then (for example - using DD/MM/YYYY format) a Now of 01:00 08/03/2015 and LastRun 23:00 01/03/2015 would give a difference of 7 days (because it's assumed 'same time' for both dates) whereas in this example it's actually only 6.08333 days. It's therefore possible it might trigger at less than 7 days actual difference (and if you set it to look for difference = 8 to compensate, sometimes up to almost a day more (nearly '9') before it triggers, depending on the relative timings). It is of course possible to take hours (minutes, etc) into account, but that would be up to you, as would coding any date-only comparison arithmetic if you decide that is 'near enough'. You should also bear in mind that the LastRun info is stored in the profiles as text strings in format YYYYMMDDHHmmSS????? (I guess some or all of the last 5 chars are meant to be milliseconds, but not sure of the exact encoding used), though by using the Left () function (as per example script) you can decide how much of it you want to retrieve. It would then be up to you to format/convert the string you retrieve into a Date (or DateTime) to compare with Now and get a difference in days.

Pro Help > Technical Reference has details on how to install a script and configure a profile to use it, also some helpful links to various Scripting resources. 2BS themselves don't offer bespoke support for scripting issues ('slippery slope', there :shock: ) and I tend to agree ;)

Statistics: Posted by cliffhanger — Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:33 pm

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