2011 fails to overwrite backups, AGAIN!!!!
This crap keeps popping up. I'm just fed up with Acronis doing this. Why should I have to maintain the folder that houses the daily backups!
Today I looked , and for example I have these two files in there for the backup that was created for Thursday:
04/08/2011 - Filename: Thursday_Backup.tib
04/15/2011 - Filename: Thursday_Backup.tib_D29C9389-D025-4F8D-A74B-0601992E9705.tib
The file dated 4/15 should have overwrote the file dated 4/8. This doesn't happen every day and I can fix the problem for the day effected by deleting the task and creating another for that day, but eventually the problem returns, and I have to do the process all over again or end up with MULTIBLE backups, filling up my drive.
Maybe I could be doing this easier?
What I'm doing is creating a task for everyday of the week and it is supposed to overwrite the previous when the task runs again. I want to create and keep the previous seven days worth of FULL disk backups.
Is there an easier way to accomplish this task? I want to make a FULL backup for every day, deleting the previous same day task. In short. When the task runs on Monday, it deletes the previous Monday task.
The way I have it now is that I have 7 tasks to accomplish what I want. So, I should be able to do this with one task, then have it only keep the last seven days using ATI 2011?
BTW, The problem I'm having has been happening for a LONG time. I can completly remove ATI 2011 and install, but eventually it comes back. I've also had some luck with deleting the task and creating a new task, but again, the problem eventually comes back.
It seems to me that someone needs to create a database cleanup tool, if that's what the problem is.
Michael,
You are right. ATI gets confused if you have the same task with the same content repeated several times in the same folder.
You could avoid your problem by have different tasks with different names going into different folders.
One single task seems easier, though.
The thing is; I don't remember this problem with ATI 2010...
Understood. 2011 has this sophisticated feature where you can create a full backup on one destination and then update the destination to have the subsequent incrementals, for example, go to another destination.
So this is what it is doing to you,... except that the result is confusion.
This is a sample of what Pat was suggesting in post #1. One task set to create one full backup on a daily basis for a revolving 7 days. After 7 days, each new backup added will delete the oldest backup. You may want to keep the original which would not be part of the 7 count.
Thank you, I was wondering if it was possible to backup a whole disk and one partition of another, using the same task?
Yes, when you click on disk and partition backup, you can select any partition you want. You should tick all the partitions of your system disk, but you can add other partitions from other disks.
Basically what I want to backup on my system is the full disk (C:) on drive 1, and only one partition (D:) on drive 2.
When I go to the backup it shows all my partitions. At this point C is disk 1 and D & E is disk two. I know I can switch to disk mode, but it only allows me to pick the drives. On drive 2 I only want to pick one partition (D) to backup. When I 'Switch to disk mode' I'm unable to pick a single partition of any drive. At that point if I only want a single backup task to backup Drive 1, and one partition on drive 2, I will need to abandon the full disk backup mode altogether because there seems to be no way to select drive one from the full disk backup screen and then move to the partition screen to select only one partition from drive 2, for a single task.
So it looks like if I want to do this with only one task I'll need to create a single task on the backup page that shows all the partitions. I'll need to pick ALL partitions of drive 1, and the single partition on drive 2.
There is a 100MB hidden partition that Windows 7 creates during the setup. Does Acronis display and allow the selection of this hidden partition.
I guess what I am really wanting to know; If I pick all the partitions for drive 1, using the partition screen to backup, and lose drive 1, will I be able to restore back drive 1 as if I used the 'Switch to disk mode' option, and selected drive 1 to backup?
In 2011, selecting all partitions of disk 1 is the same as selecting the disk.
How confusing. Seems there should be a better way.
Thank you...
I guess what I am really wanting to know; If I pick all the partitions for drive 1, using the partition screen to backup, and lose drive 1, will I be able to restore back drive 1 as if I used the 'Switch to disk mode' option, and selected drive 1 to backup?
Yes, I ran a test this afternoon on an XP machine from within Windows TrueImage2011 whereby I
..first, checkmarked a partition on disk 2 for backup
..second, checkmarked each and all partitions(3) on disk 1 for backup
So the backup selection remained in partition mode.
Then I simulated doing a restore(booted from the Rescue CD) and I was able to checkmark the disk as to what was to be restored.
and the MBr/track0 was part of the restore options; plus the "Recover Disk Signature" was also available for selection.
I stopped my testing at that point but it certainly appeared there should not be an issue of creating a duplicate bootable disk from the backup options selected.
You can perform the same simulated test using your backup. Of course, a real test is the best test.
Ok after testing if you select all the PARTITIONS of a single disk and restore them back by selecting the drive in the 'Switch to disk mode', it acts exactly like you used the full disk backup in the 'Switch to disk mode'.
I took and backed up my C and D PARTITIONS, installed a fresh windows 7 on the disk. I then used the 'Switch to disk mode' and restored the C partition back to disk 1 and it restored disk 1 as if I restored using a full disk backup.
There is really no need for two separate screens as all can be accomplished from one regarding the partition backup, or the full disk backup. It would be less complicated with one screen.
I ATI 2011 set to delete after 7 days. How does ATI 20011 track and know when, and what to delete? Does it use the log file to track and know which backup to delete.
The resaon I'm asking; I now have 9 backups in the folder and it's supposed to only have 7. The only thing I've doen was to delete the log file a few days back.
Also is there a way to do this with one task;
Monday-Saturday backup drive C
Sunday backup Drive C and drive D
Only keep 7 backups
Michael,
You will have to set up different tasks with different names to different folders. You have the choice between:
A) Backup C everyday, another backup for D on Sunday,
B) Backup C only everyday except for Sunday, backup C&D together on Sunday.
Try to use the settings that autocleans after a certain number of version chains (or full backups).
Michael,
Just curious. Simulate editing the task which has 9 backups. Look at the BAckup scheme settings and verify they are still set the way you think they are. Click cancel if you do not make any changes. From past experiences, Pat and I know that some settings change or disappear during some edits. Any editing must be saved via the backups schemes OK button and not the OK button on other headers.
What type backup is involved here in the malfunction?
Is any a file and folders backup?
You would only need one task if you included the D drive along with all the partitions your system disk. This would cause some redundancy if you have the space. Hopefully, you have retained some prior backups.
Being in too much of a hurry to keep only a few can sometimes come back to bite you in that often times, you do not discover a file problem, etc until months later.
The program tracks your backups via the Metafile database method. The Archives.xml plus the individual tasks are used to track what has been created. It may also use the registry--I am guessing it does.
I only have one task. Viewing the task it looks exactly as I initially set it up.
I have a full backup occurring of disk 1 (C), and partition 1 (D) of disk 2. I'm having Acronis deleting backups older than seven days.
I have a lot of extra space. There is seldom important changes in disk 2, partition 1 (D), but the data is important to not lose due to data or disk corruption or failure. It's really not necessary to actually have a daily backup of disk 2, but it appears that combining these two disks in a single task is the easiest way, especially if the backups are being delivered to the same folder, which Acronis 2010 performed flawlessly, but Acronis 2011 has some major corruption happening with the data that prevents multiple tasks delivering backups to a single folder.
The name of the backup is set to "name_@date@". However when I go into the settings, the "Backup name:" only shows "name". The "_@date@" is not showing. The file name that it is storing is in the backup folder is "name_2011-04-25.tib".
I've already preformed a complete restore and all is working fine with the backups that it is presently creating.
Michael,
I run backups very similar to your except no @date@ and these run successfully all the time with the excess being deleted. Also, mine is set to 1 full and 6 diff before a new is created and I have not had issues with any of my normal runs or testing. I have my explorer folder set to detail view so having a date as part of the file name does not serve any purpose for me.
At any point, if you start over with a new task, consider eliminating the @time or @date option
