The network path was not found
I keep getting this error "The network path was not found" when doing a differential backup. Nothing wrong with the network, nothing wrong with the media. Have 5 PCs (Windows 10 Pro Ver. 1803). Have Malwarebytes free and Bitdefender Total Security 2019. Backups started failing about 4 weeks back. Have no idea why as everything had been working for months. Here is a log:
1 True Image 25/09/2018 8:30:01 p.m. Backup reserve copy attributes: format tib; need_reserve_backup_copy false; 2 True Image 25/09/2018 8:30:01 p.m. Operation DATA to BackPC started by schedule. 3 True Image 25/09/2018 8:30:03 p.m. Backup reserve copy attributes: format tib; need_reserve_backup_copy false; 4 True Image 25/09/2018 8:30:03 p.m. Operation: Backup 5 True Image 25/09/2018 8:30:03 p.m. Priority changed to Low. 6 True Image 25/09/2018 8:30:44 p.m. Create Backup Archive From: C:\CASHBOOK\ E:\EZgenerator Data Files\ E:\Internet\ E:\Internet1\ E:\Leon\ E:\lotus\ E:\PropMan Backup\ E:\ThisPC\ E:\ThunderbirdEmails\ E:\VirtualBoxHDD\ E:\Work Rentals\ To file: "DATA to BackPC_diff_b24_s3_v1.tib" Compression: Normal Exclude: System files 7 True Image 25/09/2018 8:31:53 p.m. Writing differential version to file: DATA to BackPC_diff_b24_s3_v1.tib 8 True Image 25/09/2018 8:52:14 p.m. The following backups have been successfully created: "\\STIRLINGQ9300\FrontDeskDATABackups\Data\DATA to BackPC_diff_b24_s3_v1.tib" 9 True Image 25/09/2018 8:52:23 p.m. Validate Backup Archive Location: "\\STIRLINGQ9300\FrontDeskDATABackups\Data\DATA to BackPC_diff_b24_s3_v1.tib" 10 True Image 26/09/2018 12:01:14 a.m. Error occurred while reading the file. 11 True Image 26/09/2018 12:01:14 a.m. Error occurred while reading the file. 12 True Image 26/09/2018 12:01:14 a.m. The network path was not found 13 True Image 26/09/2018 12:11:14 a.m. Error occurred while searching in the file. 14 True Image 26/09/2018 12:11:14 a.m. Error occurred while reading the file. 15 True Image 26/09/2018 12:11:14 a.m. Canceled. 16 True Image 26/09/2018 12:11:14 a.m. Operation has completed with errors.
I wonder if it is a problem with Bitdefender or Malwarbytes?


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Thanks for the response Steve. The validation seems to take ages now and the PC on the network that is used for the backup shuts down at midnight. This used to be plenty of time for backup and validation, but not any more. My question then is why is validation taking so long and can we speed it up?
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Alex, if the PC is shutting down at midnight, then that probably explains the loss of the network path for the validation process, where the error messages are around the same time (12.01).
The time for validation really depends on the number and size of files involved in the backup version chain(s). How many version chains are you keeping? The log shows you are up to B24 and had created the S3 (second) Differential file for this 24th version chain.
One option here would be to separate the validation from the backup task, where on the Advanced Options page for the task settings, you can set a separate schedule for just doing validation.
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Thanks Steve. I'll follow your advice
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