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Validation Occuring Twice In Same Location

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We recently updated to build 10330.  Today, I've noticed that our backups plans have been validating twice in the same location.  I don't know when this started.

Our backup plans save to two destinations on the same host.  For example:
\\backup-server.domain.com\BackupsA\
\\backup-server.domain.com\BackupsB\

Our plans are set to validate backups.

Our plans run and complete successfully, however, after the Copy step where the backup is copied from \\backup-server.domain.com\BackupsA\ to \\backup-server.domain.com\BackupsB\ , the validation begins.

I was watching the server when the validation tasks were running, and I noticed that the first validation step reads from \\backup-server.domain.com\BackupsA\ , as expected.

However, the second validation task also reads from \\backup-server.domain.com\BackupsA\ !  The second location isn't being validated.  The second validation task should be reading from \\backup-server.domain.com\BackupsB\ , but it's not.  Not only is the second copy not being validated, the first copy is being validated twice for no reason.

Again, I don't know when this behavior started.

The first storage location is a RAID array on a Windows system.  The second storage location is a USB 3 HDD on the same Windows system.  Both validation tasks are reading the file on the RAID array. There is no read activity during either validation task on the USB 3 HDD.

This is true for existing backup plans and for new ones.

Thanks

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I may have been mistaken.  I have some of our daily backups starting their first validation step now and I'm watching the file activity on the target location.

It looks like the backup plan is validating the second location first.

I believe previously it was validating the first location first, and the second location second.  I'll continue to watch this behavior and see what happens.

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Hello Brian,

the sequence of actions in a backup plan should correspond to the following scheme https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AcronisBackup_11.7/#23982.html  

> all the operations configured for the subsequent locations are performed before continuing in the primary location.