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sneakers
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 Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:20 am Post subject: Too many profile backups / Profiles running at wrong time |
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SB Pro v. 5.8.5.0 full
Win XP SP 3
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I've been running this about a month now, and still ironing out a few parameters. I have all Fast Backups, changing only changed files, sent to my flash drive.
1--I just checked my profile backups folder in Myname\Local Settings. All the old profiles are there, as it backs up on exit. I've sorted them by date and deleted the old ones, but will I have only one set when I've stopped tweaking parameters?
I can't do command line coding, need precise instructions for that.
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2-- All these profiles back up to my flash drive:
-Profile C and Profile D were my 2 original backups, comprising certain folders on those drives.
- Profile GROUP C+D is my weekly backup, every Mon night, and comprises those 2 original profiles.
-Profile#2 --daily backup of Firefox and Thunderbird profiles on my C drive, set to run when I shut down the computer.
-No files overlap in these 4 profiles, and they all go into different folders.
SBP runs in the systray, so I'll have it for P#2 at shutdown. Yet Profile C and Profile D kick in at unscheduled times. Might it be connected to being unable to run certain files if they're in use?
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mickyj
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:37 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
1. Sorry, but I don't know what the question is. It won't delete old profiles automatically if that is the question.
2. Check the log for C and/or D after it runs and you think it shouldn't have run. The log will say why it ran.
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sneakers
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:06 am Post subject: |
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1--I meant: can a new profile OVERWRITE an old profile?
2--There were 5 runs of Profile D, which is not supposed to run alone, as it's part of Group C-D. The reason was that a file had changed in the DESTINATION folder. I can't find the errors in the parameters, but looks like more than 1.
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mickyj
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
1) If you import a profile you can overwrite/replace the existing one, but you cannot create a new profile with the same name as an existing profile. If you're talking about backups of profiles then it will replace the backup copy. But that's just a backup copy of the profile, not the actual profile in the program.
2) A profile can be run alone outside of a profile. Remember a profile can be in multiple group profiles or no group profiles. It can be run on its own or as part of a group. If you've set the profile to run on changes then it will run on its own and not as part of the group.
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sneakers
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| mickyj wrote: | Hi,
2) A profile can be run alone outside of a profile. Remember a profile can be in multiple group profiles or no group profiles. It can be run on its own or as part of a group. If you've set the profile to run on changes then it will run on its own and not as part of the group. |
That's my point. It was not scheduledto run by itself, since I combined them into GroupC+D, and not when the destination files change, otherwise I wouldn't have needed to come here for help. Until I started running SBP in the background, GroupC+D ran successfully every Fri. night at 1 AM, period.
I've played with the parameters and set the program NOT to run background backups, and it behaved itself today. But because Backups FF and TB run at shutdown, I keep SB in the background. Still don't know why backups started running themselves, unless this is a bug.
While I'm here:
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I usually back up certain large folders to my networked computer, which is only 10 feet away, and WIRED, not wireless, therefore not passworded. Before SBP, backing up that collection was tedious because I had to overwrite every file. The program insists I must set up a password, or is there a workaround? I'm accustomed to accessing the other computer freely.
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mickyj
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:26 am Post subject: |
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| sneakers wrote: | | Still don't know why backups started running themselves, unless this is a bug. |
The log file will tell you why it was run.
3) It doesn't insist on a password. Not sure why you think that? Where does it require a password?
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Dave Wilkins
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, getting lost here. That link you just posted (which I can't find on any previous post) is a link to a screenshot of the Network credentials settings page, not of a log at all.
The Network settings page is there for you to provide alternate Windows credentials (nothing to do with wireless-access passwords, but Windows User-IDs) in case the ID you're logged on with (or, which the profile is running 'as', if scheduled or equivalent) are insufficient/incorrect for the network resource you're trying to connect to. They're disabled because you're not using UNC paths for either Source or Dest (at a guess, you're using a mapped network drive for/to the 'remote' PC? Mapped drives have already been connected using credentials which can't then be changed, thus the disabling). Even if they're enabled, they're optional (excepting that you may actually need to use them to connect, due to differing credentials/permissions/privileges, as explained - but they're nothing to do with wireless passwords)
This doesn't get us any further forward determining why the profile is running, but as we can't see the log, we can't help you. Check out the log yourself and look for Trigger in the Overview section at the top
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sneakers
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave Wilkins wrote: | Sorry, getting lost here. That link you just posted (which I can't find on any previous post) is a link to a screenshot of the Network credentials settings page, not of a log at all.
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The image refers to my Q about networking, and you said "3) It doesn't insist on a password. Not sure why you think that? Where does it require a password?"
I very clearly numbered my 3 problems. Maybe I should have used 3 separate threads, as you're overloaded with Q's here.
| Dave Wilkins wrote: |
This doesn't get us any further forward determining why the profile is running, but as we can't see the log, we can't help you. Check out the log yourself and look for Trigger in the Overview section at the top |
I checked out the log. From my post of 11/23: | Quote: |
2--There were 5 runs of Profile D, which is not supposed to run alone, as it's part of Group C-D. The reason was that a file had changed in the DESTINATION folder. |
Anyway, it stopped when I disabled background backups, and I played with the parameters. That's why I keep keep modifying my profiles. I haven't gotten the right set of conditions together yet.
I just found a page on this site for sharing over a LAN. So thanks for your time.
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sneakers
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:41 am Post subject: |
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Just backed up my graphics collection, over 9000 files, to my other comp on the LAN in no time at all.  The problem is that the LAN topic is covered in great detail only on your website, while the PDF manual and Help file don't have a step-by-step. Maybe this can be corrected with the next iteration.
I thank you for your time.
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