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ryanm
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 Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:43 pm Post subject: Backup blues |
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What we are looking to do is copy the contents of several directories from Server A to Server B regardless if the file date/time stamps have change since the last backup, however, currently when I execute the profile now the date/time stamps are not being ignored despite having selected “Ignore Timestamp” (and “Ignore Size”) from the Comparison menu in the profile settings. What has been incorrectly set?
Ultimately the profile will run three days a week and archive/compress the “old” contents of Server B to, ideally, an archive of the parent fold rather then one for every file (i.e. \\Server_B\BackUp\Server_A\Archive\Server_A_2006-02-22.gz). Is there a way to do this? Also some how the archive path appends a "\archive" to the path (i.e. \\Server_B\BackUp\Server_A\Archive\Archive) each time it runs.
Kind regards,
Ryan |
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TGRMN Software
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | What we are looking to do is copy the contents of several directories from Server A to Server B regardless if the file date/time stamps have change since the last backup, however, currently when I execute the profile now the date/time stamps are not being ignored despite having selected “Ignore Timestamp” (and “Ignore Size”) from the Comparison menu in the profile settings. What has been incorrectly set? |
I will check this.
| Quote: | | Ultimately the profile will run three days a week and archive/compress the “old” contents of Server B to, ideally, an archive of the parent fold rather then one for every file (i.e. \\Server_B\BackUp\Server_A\Archive\Server_A_2006-02-22.gz). Is there a way to do this? |
No, this is not possible (to have all files archived in a single compressed file)
| Quote: | | Also some how the archive path appends a "\archive" to the path (i.e. \\Server_B\BackUp\Server_A\Archive\Archive) each time it runs. |
Can you post your profile settings (file .fsf is a text file you can open it with Notepad)
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ryanm
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Below is my profile:
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[Settings]
; ******* Source
Source Folder=D:\Virtual Machines\RHWS 4\
; ******* Target
Target Folder=\\ServerA\Test\RHWS 4\
; ******* values for Lock Source: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Lock Source=0
; ******* values for Lock Target: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Lock Target=0
; ******* values for Continue even if sources/targets do not exist: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Continue even if sources/targets do not exist=1
; ******* values for Create sources/targets that do not exist: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Create sources/targets that do not exist=1
; *******
Include Subfolders Flags=1
; ******* values for Comparison Type: (0=Size and Timestamp) (1=CRC) (2=Both)
Comparison Type=0
; ******* values for Ignore 2 seconds difference: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Ignore 2 seconds difference=0
; ******* values for Ignore any second difference: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Ignore any second difference=0
; ******* values for Ignore 1 hour difference: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Ignore 1 hour difference=0
CRC Chunk Size in Bytes=0
; ******* values for Ignore File Size: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Ignore File Size=1
; ******* values for Ignore Timestamp: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Ignore Timestamp=1
; ******* values for Execution Method: (0= ) (1=Synchronization) (2=Backup (Mirror Source to Target)) (3=Replication (Augment Target)) (4=Replication (Refresh Target)) (5=Replication (Update Target)) (6=Consolidation)
Execution Method=2
; ******* values for UnatSync: (0=No) (1=Yes)
UnatSync=0
Copy File Permissions=0
Copy File/Folder Permissions=0
Copy File/Folder Auditing=0
Copy File/Folder Owner=0
Do Not Copy File/Folder Data Streams=0
Use Volume Shadow Copy=1
; ******* values for Use Volume Shadow Copy For: (0=Source) (1=Target) (2=Both)
Use Volume Shadow Copy For=0
; ******* values for No empty source/target check: (0=No) (1=Yes)
No empty source/target check=0
; ******* values for Replace newer target files with older source files (backup only): (0=No) (1=Yes)
Replace newer target files with older source files (backup only)=1
Speed=100
Copy Buffer=32768
Flush Buffer=0
; ******* Log File
Log File=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ViceVersa PRO 2\log2.log
; ******* values for Empty Log: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Empty Log=0
Log File Size=1000
; ******* values for Log Only Summary and Exceptions: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Log Only Summary and Exceptions=0
; ******* values for Monitor Conflicts: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Monitor Conflicts=1
; ******* Sync Tracking Database
Sync Tracking Database=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ViceVersa PRO 2\vvdb2.tdb
Sync Conflicts=0
; ******* values for SCT: (0=No) (1=Yes)
SCT=1
; ******* values for NSC: (0=No) (1=Yes)
NSC=0
Source-Target Offset=-1
; ******* values for Try Copy In Use Files: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Try Copy In Use Files=1
; ******* values for Always Verify CRC: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Always Verify CRC=0
; ******* values for Priority Class: (0=Default) (1=Idle (recommended)) (2=Low) (3=Below Normal) (4=Normal) (5=Above Normal) (6=High) (7=Realtime)
Priority Class=4
; ******* values for Limit Bandwidth: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Limit Bandwidth=0
Bandwidth Value=5
; ******* values for Bandwidth Unit: (0=KB/Sec) (1=MB/Sec)
Bandwidth Unit=1
; ******* values for Scripts Before: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Scripts Before=0
; ******* values for Scripts After: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Scripts After=0
; ******* Source Archive
Source Archive Folder=
; ******* Target Archive
Target Archive Folder=\\ServerA\Test\RHWS 4\Archive\
; ******* values for Smart Archive: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Smart Archive=0
; ******* values for Archive Conflicts Only: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Archive Conflicts Only=0
Num. Copies=3
Remove Days=0
Append Path=0
Max Archive Size=0
DES=0
; *******
ComEnc String=000010
[Filters]
; ******* values for Exclude Hidden Files: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Exclude Hidden Files=0
; ******* values for Exclude System Files: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Exclude System Files=0
; ******* values for Exclude Read-Only Files: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Exclude Read-Only Files=0
; *******
Exclude After Date=
; *******
Exclude Before Date=
Exclude Days Ago=0
Exclude Greater than bytes=0
Exclude Smaller than bytes=0
Num. of Filters=0
[FiltersDirs]
Num. of Filters=0
[ArchiveFilters]
Num. of Filters=0
[Subfolder Filters]
; ******* values for Exclude Hidden Subfolders: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Exclude Hidden Subfolders=0
; ******* values for Exclude System Subfolders: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Exclude System Subfolders=0
; ******* values for Exclude Read-Only Subfolders: (0=No) (1=Yes)
Exclude Read-Only Subfolders=0
[ViceVersa Profile - File Version 4.0.0]
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TGRMN Software
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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I can see you have specified
\\ServerA\Test\RHWS 4\Archive\
as archive folder which is a subfolder of the target
\\ServerA\Test\RHWS 4\
With the backup method, files in the target (archive folder included) which are not in the source are deleted. So archive files are currently deleted and moved to \\ServerA\Test\RHWS 4\Archive\Archive\
The best is to start again and change the target to \\ServerA\Test\RHWS 4\Mirror\ and leave the archive folder as \\ServerA\Test\RHWS 4\Archive\
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ryanm
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Great thank you! Alas, I am still having an issue mirroring files who's date/time stamp have not changed -- despite having set the ignore timestamp (and size) flags to true.
I would like to copy all the files on Server A to Server B regardless of whether or not the appear to have changed. |
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ryanm
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject: Any thoughts... |
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I was wondering if you were able to identify the issue I am having regarding ignoring time/date stamps?
This is the only issue holding me back from placing an order.
Regards,
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:02 am Post subject: |
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To copy all the files on Server A to Server B regardless of whether or not the appear to have changed, you will need to remove the files from B.
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ryanm
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| Would archiving (and compressing) all files, as part of the profile, accomplish this? |
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TGRMN Software
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:01 am Post subject: |
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No, to copy all files again, regardless timestamp or size, you really need to delete them from the server B. I guess you only want to this once?
The ignore timestamp and ignore size flags, work in the opposite way, they match files even if timestamps or size are different (matching = do not copy them again).
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ryanm
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| No, actually I was hoping to run this three times a week. What would you recommend? |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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How comes you want to re-copy all files to target even if their timestamp/size match? It will take a long time each time to do this.
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ryanm
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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I am backing up VM drives, which do not have their time stamps altered (until the VM is stopped/started). As the process only happens three times a week I am not to worried about how long it takes for the process to complete and if archiving the files will keep the last three version only I don't have to worry too much about space consumption.
So, what could be done to accomplish this with VV? |
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Nickman67
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Location: Seattle, WA
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:00 am Post subject: |
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Ryan,
I'm not sure I totally understand why you have your archiving requirement, but couldn't an archive (whether it be .rar, .jar, .zip, etc.) or a deletion of the Server B target folder (such as TGRMN Software response suggests) be easily accomplished by writing a simple batch file? You could then use Profile Settings > Advanced Settings > Custom Scripts - Run custom scripts before comparison to setup your environment they way it needs to be before running your backup.
Maybe I'm way off base but it seems like an easy solution. |
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