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Why did TI 2017 not run as scheduled?

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I recently got a new computer (moving from Vista to Windows 10), so I upgraded to TI 2017. I set up a backup scheme as incremental, which was supposed to run for the first time last night. It did not.  I expected it to perform a full backup to begin with. 

Since it did not run as scheduled, I did a full backup this morning.

The interface is different than my old (2012) version, so I may have missed something. What happened?

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David, sorry but very difficult to do anything but guess as to why your backup scheme did not run on schedule for you with just the information provided so far.

I would recommend sharing some screen shots of your backup scheme and schedule options etc to allow us to understand how you have configured this.

You can also use the MVP Log Viewer app to look at any messages that may have been posted in the log files but you may need to look at the Schedul2 log for the date/time when the task should have run - unfortunately this log is not the easiest to read!

Below are my settings. The log viewer didn't show anything about the first time it did not run, or fail, the scheduled backup. It only showed the manual backup I did.

Acronis 2

Acronis 1

David, thanks for the screen shots, I would recommend unticking the top Advanced settings option as in my experience having "Run the backup only when the computer is idle" has never worked for me, the computer is never deemed to be idle!

You may wish to tick the 4th option to "Run at the system startup with delay (in minutes)" for any cases where the computer is not powered on at the time of the scheduled backup so that the missed backup will run on the next start - suggest using a delay time of say 10 minutes to allow everything to settle down.

All this busniness about "Scheduled Backups" alone is a dangerous practice UNLESS the user is also doing unscheduled backups on an external HDD that is not kept connected to your system.

If you get hit by Ransomware that WILL also encrypt your scheduled backup, your scheduled backup will be rendered totally useless.

Also, redundant backups on two external HDDs is a good practice. Though many do not give it much thought, external HDDs DO FAIL.

In reply to by truwrikodrorow…

I preach about redundant backups only because I had the unfortuneate experience of having an external 1 GB HDD fail on me after 7 months use. It contained not only a current backup but also storage of stuff that was not currently on my internal HDD -- lost a ton of stuff. Now with the emerging prevalence of Ransomware, a redundant backup on an external HDD that one keeps disconncted from the system is critical, unless one also enjoys engaging in Russian Roulette.

Learn from my misfortune :-)

thunderhawk is now totally paranoid and triple backups onto three seperate external HDDs that I keep disconnected from my PC at all times. The nature of the use of my PC at this time does not make frequent scheduled backups critical.

The cost of 2 or 3 external HDDs pales in comparison to the frustration and lost time in the event that multiple HDD disasters occurr.

2 exteral HDDs = prudent

3 external HDDs = paranoia (unless you have stored on your HDD the alchemist's formula for turning lead into gold).

Like Thunderhawk, I also use two external drives along with a couple of older HDDs that I use in a hot swap bay. The HDDs are stored in a storage unit and are brought out every few weeks. It is good practice to store some backups in a different location than where your computer is kept.