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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Encryption without Compression/Zipping

February 8, 2018, 6:36 pm
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Is it possible to encrypt and rename files during a backup without zipping into one big file?

I want to backup to Google Drive, but I don't want my files human-readable. But, uploading one massive zip is going to be WAY too bandwidth intensive each time a file is changed or added. We're talking TBs of data. When encryption/compression is used, how does Syncback handle a file change?

What are my options here?

Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by Tyree — Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:36 pm

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SyncBackLite (commercial) • Date Modified

February 8, 2018, 8:13 pm
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I have been using SyncBackFree for some time. I am a home user and just discovered that when I am syncing my files the date modified is not being retained. Does SyncBackLite have this capability? Thanks

Statistics: Posted by dd5087 — Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:13 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Encryption without Compression/Zipping

February 9, 2018, 12:46 am
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Hi,

You can enable encryption option (under Modify > Expert > Compression > Encryption settings page) to password protect the contents of a file into its own zip file before uploading it to Google Drive server. However, please note that encryption in SyncBack requires compression to zip (or equivalent) file. Therefore to encrypt files you have to first enable Compression, but you can set the level of compression to zero to encrypt files without compression. Please read this KB article for more details:

http://support.2brightsparks.com/knowle ... ompression

Note that SyncBackPro supports 2 types of compression, single-zip compression (where all files are compressed into one big zip file) and multi-zip compression (where each file is compressed to its own zip file). When backing-up files to a cloud server we recommend using multi-zip compression as SyncBackPro scans source against destination and copies only new/changed files from source to destination, however with single-zip compression the zip file on the server is replaced in each run (simply deleted and recreated, hence the process will be very slow).

Sorry, but the filenames are not encrypted with multi-zip compression (this option is only available with single-zip compression). Please read the help file for more details about encryption. With Compression > Encryption settings page opened, press F1 to open the contextual help.

Thank you.

Statistics: Posted by Swapna — Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:46 am

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SyncBackLite (commercial) • Re: Date Modified

February 9, 2018, 1:10 am
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Hi,

SyncBack (by default) will try to retain the last modification date/time stamps of files. However some devices e.g. NAS drives, FTP servers have problems trying to correctly handle Last Modified date/time file stamps and the files get stamped with 'date/time transferred to it'. Sorry, but there is no way to correct this.

If you wish you can test with SyncBackLite, but if the problem is with your destination device then it won't help. You can download and install SyncBackLite from here:

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

Thank you.

Statistics: Posted by Swapna — Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:10 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Can I silently ignore unaccessible files?

February 9, 2018, 11:01 am
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Is there some way I can silently ignore (skip) files that I have not enough privileges to copy, instead of getting
"Failed to copy from Source : Access denied" errors?

E.g. "\Users\mikael.engstrom\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\ThumbCacheToDelete\thm8E63.tmp" etc...
(Files in this folder are not readable/accessible for the user via Explorer or SyncBackPro, even if running with Administrator privileges).

I'm running SyncBackPro V8.5.26.0 (x64).

Statistics: Posted by Engztrom — Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:01 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: SyncBackPro V8.5.5.0 - Global Settings Dialogue won't cancel

February 10, 2018, 1:14 pm
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Hi,

I left this for a while and recently installed V8.5.26.0 x64 on my i7 desktop (where I had all the problems) and all the problems are now gone.

Looking at the History of Changes, I see that V8.5.17.0 fixed this:
Fixed (Pro): Errors related to compiler optimization bug (SugarSync, Amazon Cloud Drive, OneDrive)

Looks like it was probably the reason for the problems I was experiencing too. Strange that V8.5.5.0 x65 worked fine on my i5 laptop though. Weird.


Brian

Statistics: Posted by BrianLogan — Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:14 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Initial upload of files to Google Drive

February 10, 2018, 4:34 pm
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I'm just setting up a large backup scheme to Google Drive. To start things off, I was uploading all my files via the Google Drive interface. I've uploaded nearly 200GB of data at this point. No small feat with a 12Mbps upload speed.

Today, I decided to let Syncback finish the upload of files in a particular folder. 500 files to go out of 8300. When I did so, as a mirror operation, I was surprised to see that Syncback wanted to upload ALL the files again.
This all comes down to the option in the Decisions to have the Source overwrite the Destination if the files have "changed" on both sides. But, the files shouldn't be different, right? If I change this option to "Do nothing" then it uploads just the 500 files. Obviously, though, in the end I WANT Syncback to overwrite the Destination if a file changes.

Here's the issue: I'm going to face this for all 200GB of files I have already uploaded. Basically, starting all over again.

So, if I run Syncback the first time with the "Do nothing" option, just to get all the files uploaded, is there then some way to tell Syncback to "start with this" and only change things from here on out? I'm gathering that I'm screwed here. I didn't expect the files to be "changed" on the destination. Ugh.

Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by Tyree — Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:34 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Google Drive backups are slowed by retrieving "delta items" ???

February 10, 2018, 5:31 pm
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I just ran a backup of my Syncback Profiles to my Google Drive. The backup is a mirror consisting of a total of 309 files and 165MB. Most of those files were already on Google Drive, so only 55 had to be uploaded.

However, the first thing Syncback did before even starting to upload anything was retrieve "delta items." Over 12,000 of them. After retrieving them, it then had to retrieve them again, only this time with a counter "X of 12027 retrieved."

That step took 13 minutes! Once it determined the differences, only 22MB needed to be uploaded. 1 minute later, it was done. 14 minutes for 1 minute of actual uploading??? Why?

My concern is I have MUCH larger backup tasks than this left to setup. If it has to do this "delta items" mess with those operations, the backups will be intolerably slow. To the point of being unusable.

So, what are delta items and are they always like this?
deltaitems.PNG

Statistics: Posted by Tyree — Sat Feb 10, 2018 5:31 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Initial upload of files to Google Drive

February 11, 2018, 2:13 am
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Hi,

When SyncBackPro is used to upload files to the Google Drive server, it creates a local database to store the details of the files that cannot be stored on the cloud server (i.e. stores the meta-data of the uploaded files). In the next runs it uses the database to detect file differences on both sides and uploads only new/changed files from source to destination.

If the initial upload of files to Google Drive is done using its interface (or 3rd party application) then SyncBack doesn't know anything about those uploaded files (as there is no record of those files in the local database), so it assumes they are different and may propose to recopy all files again to the server. However, if you know the files are identical on both sides (that means no changes are made to the Source files since the last upload) you can follow these steps to update the database (without copying the file contents to the server):

1. Run the profile in manual mode (using ctrl + R)

2. When the Differences Window is displayed, mass select all the identical files (from the Differences Window)

3. Right click and choose "Use details from Source" to copy properties from one side to another (note that this process will only copy the meta-data but not the file contents).

When you mass-select files from Differences Window, you should select files that exist on both sides (with identical contents, but differ only in the file properties), otherwise the ‘Use details from Source’ option will not visible in the pop-up menu (in other words, if that option is not visible in the pop-up menu, that means you have accidentally selected a file that is only on one side). You can use the Filters menu on the Differences Window to filter the file list.

4. Run the profile

Thank you

Statistics: Posted by Swapna — Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:13 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Google Drive backups are slowed by retrieving "delta items" ???

February 11, 2018, 2:24 am
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Hi,

Delta changes is a Google Drive’s feature which allows SyncBackPro to quickly retrieve all file changes on the cloud server from a specified checkpoint. Please read this article for more details:

https://www.2brightsparks.com/resources ... ckups.html

However, if you notice the backups are slow when retrieving delta changes, you can try disabling it from Cloud > Advanced settings page. Tick the option ‘Do not use the delta API’ under: Modify > Expert > Cloud > Advanced settings page and retry the profile run to see if it helps?

Thank you.

Statistics: Posted by Swapna — Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:24 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: SyncBackPro V8.5.25.0 (31st January 2018) released

February 11, 2018, 2:16 pm
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I am much annoyed by these notifications and am glad to see that it is possible to disable them. However, it seems that they cannot be disabled globally from the Preferences. One must do so for each profile as follows (and I have close to twenty of them): Right-click on a profile, Modify, Expert, Notify, uncheck "Display a notification when a profile prompts". Would it be possible for the programmers to add an option in the Preferences that would apply to all profiles? Thanks in advance.

Statistics: Posted by maroberge — Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:16 pm

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SyncBackSE (commercial) • SyncBack and Win10 UAC on every run

February 11, 2018, 5:03 pm
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Every time I run SyncBackSE (licensed copy, 8.5.26.0 64-bit) on Windows 10 (properly updated), the UAC is triggered and pops up the dialog.
What should I do that I am not required to confirm it every time? Beside the point I am quite certain than SyncBack is NOT making changes to OS with my backups.

Statistics: Posted by borisvar — Sun Feb 11, 2018 5:03 pm

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SyncBackSE (commercial) • Re: SyncBack and Win10 UAC on every run

February 11, 2018, 6:00 pm
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Hi, see this Knowledge Base article

Note that the wording* of the UAC prompt is Microsoft's choice, and more accurately would state that the elevated privileges (see KB) being requested potentially give more scope for changes to the system than a program running non-elevated would have. It doesn't necessarily mean SB is asking to make any changes right now, but the MS prompt wording can give that impression.


PS the KB article refers to different wording* of the UAC prompt, which (IIRC) is how it prompted in Vista. The wording (as you probably know already) is 'Do you want to allow...' in Windows 10

Statistics: Posted by cliffhanger — Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:00 pm

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SyncBack Touch • backup process

February 12, 2018, 2:55 pm
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Hello
I wish someone could help. I have a file to backup, using SBP and SBT, the file is over 4GB in size, and the speed is very slow, takes about 24 hours to complete. What happens is that the backup process will go almost to the completion (or in the middle of transfer), and then for some reason or the other I get an error "Failed to copy from SyncBack Touch : Timeout while waiting for response."
The internet connection where SBT is installed is not very reliable. I have a check box under "the connection is very slow" but it doesn't help.
Is there a way to resume the transfer? it always starts from the beginning. where does it store the temp file?
Thank you guys.

Statistics: Posted by kvn864 — Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:55 pm

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SyncBackSE (commercial) • Backup of files with creation timestamp

February 12, 2018, 4:26 pm
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Hi

I am doing a backup from a windows 2008 server to a Synology NAS Server via Netfolder.
How do I get it working, that each saved file has got the creation timestamp of the file in windows ?

I choosed Copy/Delete / Advanced: Copy file creation Date & times

Statistics: Posted by megadruck — Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:26 pm

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SyncBackSE (commercial) • Re: Backup of files with creation timestamp

February 12, 2018, 11:38 pm
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SyncBackFree (freeware) • Sync Back Free: NOT Copying All Files/Folders from Source to Destination

February 13, 2018, 4:25 am
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I have a new replacement computer that I need to move all my files onto. I ran Sync Back Free for my Documents, Music, Pictures, and Video Folders/Libraries. Most of the Files and Folders were copied over, but a minority weren't. Why is this, and more importantly, how can I get all of the Files and Folders qualities to copy over perfectly?

Statistics: Posted by u2rcrazybaby — Tue Feb 13, 2018 4:25 am

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Include files in sub-folders, but do not create folder structure

February 13, 2018, 12:53 pm
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Hi,

I am currently testing SyncBackPro and I would like to achieve a rather simple task.
I want to back up (move) all files from a directory that are in sub-folders with specific ending.
But on the destination I only want the files and not the sub-folder structure.

Example:

Source:

Code:

SourceFolder/
SourceFolder/Sub-Folder1/file1.abc
SourceFolder/Sub-Folder1/file1.xyz
SourceFolder/Sub-Folder2/file2.abc
SourceFolder/Sub-Folder2/file2.xyz


Destination:

Code:

DestinationFolder/
DestinationFolder/file1.xyz
DestinationFolder/file2.xyz


I have no problem to select and move the files with filters, however I don't know how and if it's possible to not copy the folder structure.

Can you assist me? :)

Thank you very much.

Statistics: Posted by Drueckeberger — Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:53 pm

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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Re: Include files in sub-folders, but do not create folder structure

February 13, 2018, 4:02 pm
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SyncBackPro (commercial) • Feature Request: Grade locked file errors as warnings

February 14, 2018, 9:36 am
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I'm using the Surface of my wife with my own account. By that I do not have full rights so SyncBack is not able to copy some (20-30) locked files, buts that is really ok for me:

Failed to copy from Quelle : File is locked: Cannot open file "\\?\C:\Users\xxxxx\NTUSER.DAT". Der Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei zugreifen, da sie von einem anderen Prozess verwendet wird

L:CWD /xxxxx/$SBV$/
R:550 /xxxxx/$SBV$: No such file or directory.
L:CWD /xxxxx/
R:250 CWD command successful.
L:PWD
R:257 "/xxxxx" is current directory.
L:DELE SBSE____.0XD
R:550 SBSE____.0XD: No such file or directory.


But as I'm receiving every 30 minutes an error log I like to have an option to grade locked file errors as warnings.

A second wish: Create an error if more than 1% of all files are warnings.

Statistics: Posted by mgutt — Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:36 am

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