NSB causes a VSS stopping message and adds a file to System Volume Information every 5 minutes
When I'm running NSB, every 5 minutes, I get a message "The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout " in the event viewer and a new file (40-300 Mb) is added to the System Volume Information folder and the folder keeps increasing in size. If I turn off NSB, these do not happen. Why is this and how do I stop it without turning off NSB?
Using Windows 10


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Thanks Bobbo, I'll look into those methods. It's good to know now where VSS comes into it, though why a new file is added every 5 minutes, even when there have been changes to the files monitored, is beyond me! I use it to back up work files and email, as my email programme sometimes throws a wobbly and I have to reinstall the folder containing the inbox.
Actually, I've just retired, so don't use these files so much, so may move to the incremental backup system. However, it's annoying that something I've paid for doesn't work better than this! And that Acronis don't seem to care
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I hear you. NSB has been problematic for many. Acronis is working on making it more functional, but it should be a beta option and not an integrated one if it continues to be so buggy. I've never actually tried NSB becuase of all the reported forum issues, but I also don't like that there is no automatic cleanup (other than the daily and weekly consolidation). At some point, the disk will just fill it, which is pretty goofy.
I'd much prefer to have an incrmeental or differnial backup that ran hourly or ever 2 hours, or just as often as needed that could have cleanup tasks enabled and is not going to bog the system down checking for thigns to backup every 5 minutes. NSB sounds good on paper for those who need that kind of frequency, but seems like overkill in most real-world scenarios (for home users) and just hasn't proven to be stable enough yet (in my opinion - I'm sure it works fine for some, but all we see in the forums are those with issues an not those that are using is successfully).
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